Textbooks & Educational Materials

The Arjan Ring of Power is a mysterious ancient artifact dating back to around the second millennium BCE and the Middle Elamite period. It was discovered at the historical site of Arjan (Argan) in Behbahan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran, and is currently preserved in the National Museum of Iran.

One of the masterpieces exhibited at the National Museum of Iran in the framework of the Golden Masterpieces of Iranian Art is the Marlik Cup.

A bas-relief of the goddess Aredvi Sura Anahita, or the angel of water, at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran.
Anahita appears in the Avesta as Anāhitā, meaning "pure, undefiled," and the adjective Aredvi Sura also means water or a mighty river. She is the size of all the flowing waters on this earth.

Object: Seal impression depicting a warship