Flight Stream

For the first time since the Revolution of 1979 the Iranian government has agreed to loan some of the stellar exhibits from Tehran’s National Museum. These include 180 objects, among them clay figures dating to almost 7000 years BC to ceramic vessels from the 10th-century AD. Pride of place must however go to the magnificent gold and silver drinking vessels of the Archamenian Kings (588-330BC), rulers of the first Empire in history and responsible for founding the magnificent cities of Susa and Persepolis.