There are two must-see places in Tehran’s old town: The National Museum and the Golestan Palace.So many treasures are hidden in the silent corridors of this history and archeology museum, which is the National Museum. If you missed visiting Persepolis like me you may find many clues at the exhibition halls about this magnificent ancient civilisation. We see many valuable pieces brought from the city of Persepolis, which was founded in the 6th century B.C. as the capital city of the Persian...

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Gövdesinde güneşi taşıyan aslan. Kökleri Babil astrolojisine uzanan bu figür, güneşin ışınlarının en güçlü olduğu ve astrolojide aslan burcuna denk gelen dönemi temsil ediyor. 20 Temmuz ile 20 Ağustos arası güneş ışınlarının en güçlü olduğu dönem ve bu dönemde güneş astrolojik olarak aslan burcunda.Aynı figür Safavi ve Kaçar hanedanlıkları döneminde Şii İslam’a da adapte edilmiş. Aslan devleti ve dini temsil eder, bazıları Ali’ye de göndermede bulunur. Tahran’daki Gülistan Sarayı’nın inşasına...

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This figure that we saw on one of the walls of the Golestan Palace in Tehran is the Šir o Xoršid. It is the lion which bears the Sun on its body: this figure with origins in Babel mythology represents the period of the year that coincides with the Leo sign in astrology when the sunlight is at its strongest. The sunlight is at its strongest between the 20thof July and 20th of August and in this period the Sun moves into the Lion constellation. The same figure was adapted to Shih Islam during...

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