Persian Cultures of Power and the Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World monet and results of a collaborative

and results of a collaborative project of the Getty Conservation Institute and Winterthur Museum

and cult practices

Edited by Antoine Hermary and Bertrand Jaeger

These stunning mosaics were especially widespread in the colony of Africa Proconsularis

with a hand-poured candle

Persian Cultures of Power and the Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World monet and results of a collaborativeEdited by Matthew P. Canepa A cutting edge analysis of 2,500 years of Persian visual, architectural, and material cultures of power and their role in connecting the world. With the rise of the Achaemenid Empire (550330 BCE), Persian institutions of kingship became the model for legitimacy, authority, and prestige across three continents. Despite enormous upheavals, Iranian visual and political cultures connected an ever wider swath of Afro Eurasia