IRAN, KERMANSHAH:  Bas-relief carving from Taq-i-Bustan.  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Archival photo from 1977.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH:  Graffiti defaces bas-relief carving of a boar hunt from Taq-i-Bustan.  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Archival photo from 1977.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH:  Bas-relief carving of a boar hunt on elephants from Taq-i-Bustan.  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Restored for the 2500 anniversary of the Persian Empire in 1971.  Archival Photo
IRAN, KERMANSHAH: Iranian tourists visit the bas-relief carvings at Taq-i-Bustan.  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD.  The carvings are under restoration for the 2500 anniversary of the Persian Empire.  Archival photo from 1971.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH:  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan (Persian: طاق بستان) is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Archival photo from 1977.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH:  Bas-relief carving of a stag hunt from Taq-i-Bustan.  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD
IRAN, ARAK:  Iranian farm family harvest wheat by hand using a scythe and stacking it in sheaths in baskets near Arak, Iran, in the high mountain plateau of the Zagros Mountains.  Archival photo from 1978.
IRAN, ARAK:  Iranian farmers plowing their fields with farm animals near Arak, Iran, in the high mountain plateau of the Zagros Mountains.  Archival photo from 1978.
IRAN, ARAK:  Iranian farmers plowing their fields with farm animals near Arak, Iran, in the high mountain plateau of the Zagros Mountains.  Archival photo from 1978.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH: Bas-relief carving from Taq-i-Bustan. Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Archival photo from 1977.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH:  Bas-relief carving from Taq-i-Bustan.  Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Archival photo from 1977.
IRAN, KERMANSHAH: Bas-relief carving from Taq-i-Bustan. Taqwasân or Taq-e Bostan or Taq-i-Bustan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. Archival photo from 1977.
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