Ziwiye hoard
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The Ziwiye hoard is a treasure hoard containing gold, silver, and ivory objects, also including a few gold pieces with the shape of a human face, that was uncovered in a plot of land outside Ziwiyeh C
Duck vase, Louvre
Gold necklaces
Some pieces of Zewiye hoard
Oxus Treasure
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The Oxus treasure is a collection of about 180 surviving pieces of metalwork in gold and silver, most relatively small, and around 200 coins, from the Achaemenid Persian period which were found by the
Ziwiye hoard
…Museum in London. The archaeologist Oscar White Muscarella has questioned the whole account of the finding of the hoard (as he has done with the older Oxus Treasure), pointing out that none of the items were excavated under archaeological conditions, but passed through the hands of dealers. He concludes that "there…
The Oxus Treasure at Room 52, the British Museum
Gold statuettes carrying barsoms, with a rider behind
Gold statuette of a rider
Gold model chariot