The posts in this weblog are mainly about history, heritage, language, art, and culture of Persia (that is named Iran since 1934). Persia is, therefore, equal to Iran, and Persian is equal to Iranian. Note that Persian is a nationality not an ethnicity. Pars (or Fars) is the major ethnicity in Persia but there are also Persian Kurds or Arabs. Similarly, the official language in Persia is Persian (Farsi is the local name and may not be used internationally). For more details please read my posts.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Ancient Persia in Köln, 2nd Persian Empire in Paris
Ancient Persia in Köln
Since 2 May until the end of this week (20 August 2006), there is a beautiful photo exhibition in Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne (Köln), Germany. The exhibition called "Ancient Persia," and the photo's are from Lynn Davis, a famous American photographer. She travelled to Persia in 2001 purposefully to make these photo's!
2nd Persian Empire in Paris
An exhibition will open in Cernuschi Museum, Paris, about Sassanid Persian Empire (the second Persian Empire). The exhibition calls "The Sassanides Persians, Record of a forgotten empire," and will open from 15 September till 30 December 2006.
It is very exciting to have this exhibiton following the exhibition in the British Museum about Achaemenid Persian Empire (the first Persian Empire). Interestingly, that exhibition also called "Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia." I wrote about my visit to the British Museum in one of my previous posts: "Persian Empire in British Museum."
The series of posts that I started about the three Persian Empires is not yet complete. I wrote about the first one (Achaemenid Persian Empire), and only part of the second one (Parthian Persian Empire). Before the exhibition in Cernuschi Museum starts, I will complete my post about the second Empire (Sassanid Persian Empire), and later, I'll tell you about the third Empire (Safavid Persian Empire).
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Ancient Persia in KölnSince 2 May until the end of this week (20 August 2006), there is a beautiful photo exhibition in Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne (Köln), Germany. The exhibition called "Ancient Persia," and the photo's are from Lynn Davis, a famous American photographer. She travelled to Persia in 2001 purposefully to make these photo's!
2nd Persian Empire in Paris
An exhibition will open in Cernuschi Museum, Paris, about Sassanid Persian Empire (the second Persian Empire). The exhibition calls "The Sassanides Persians, Record of a forgotten empire," and will open from 15 September till 30 December 2006.
It is very exciting to have this exhibiton following the exhibition in the British Museum about Achaemenid Persian Empire (the first Persian Empire). Interestingly, that exhibition also called "Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia." I wrote about my visit to the British Museum in one of my previous posts: "Persian Empire in British Museum."
The series of posts that I started about the three Persian Empires is not yet complete. I wrote about the first one (Achaemenid Persian Empire), and only part of the second one (Parthian Persian Empire). Before the exhibition in Cernuschi Museum starts, I will complete my post about the second Empire (Sassanid Persian Empire), and later, I'll tell you about the third Empire (Safavid Persian Empire).
Labels: Art, Persian heritage, Persian history
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