Wednesday, November 7, 2007

More from Museum of Ancient Iran

or National Museum of Iran





The museum has 2 buildings, once dedicated to Pre-Islam and the other for Islamic art and artifacts. I have only been to the Pre-Islamic, as the other is closed at the time...







Wife Size (Pottery, 3000 BC)



Wheel (2000 BC, Chogha Zanbil-Khusestan Province)
-The idea for this came after a heavy lunch of Chelo Kabob




1st ever "Khakandaz"(Dust Bin, 1000 BC)
-For the obsessive compulsive Persian caveman or woman



Chinese have the "Lazy Susan", and in Iran we have "The Lazy Pahlavi"
(Drinking vessel on wheels, 1000 BC)



Mardeh Namaki--"Salt Man"
(dated to about 1700 years ago-with hair, clothing, nice boots, and tools in tact!

2 comments:

nabz-iran said...

I love the dustbin. Keeping one's cave tidy is a number 1 duty for a responsible cave woman!

neenee said...

yes...
and and them name in Persian-khakendaz-rhymes with Haagen Daaz :P