Iran - Cradle of Civilizations through September 1, 2019 at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante in Alicante, Spain
Iran - Cradle of Civilizations through September 1, 2019 at the Archaeological Museum of Alicante in Alicante, Spain. This exhibit will showcase 196 works including 20 gold pieces, and a replica of the Frieze of the Archers by Darius the Great (510 BCE) as well as objects used in the earliest developments of agriculture and livestock farming dating back 10,000 years. Also displayed are cuneiform clay tablets, gold beakers and o rnaments, bronze weapons and beautifully painted ceramics associated with successive Iranian kingdoms. The Archaeological Museum of Alicante also houses Roman objects from the nearby archaeological site of Lucentum. Diodorus Siculus ascribes the foundation of the town to the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barcas. It was refounded and named Lucentum after the area was conquered by P. Cornelius Scipio during the Second Punic War. It rose in prominence to be a major city in the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis until its decline and abandonment at the end...