Pahlavi era : Iran Air Personel pose for a photograph in front of the head office. Two Pilots on the side and Hostesses in the middle give a happy smile in front of a replica of twin Shirdal from Perspolis with a poster of deposed Shah in the back.

A Gold Bracelet (Armlet) from the Achaemenid Empire. It was probably adorn with precious Jewels with some artistic rendering of one of well-known symbols of the Achaemenid Persia; Symmetric Griffins.

Griffin Perspolis: mythological creature having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.The tombs of Dariush and Xerxes come with huge carved reliefs of ferocious lions. In 333 B.C., Persepolis was sacked and burned by Macedonian Alexander.

Twin Griffin Perspolis standing on a pedestal

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