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civilizations of Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, CHTN reported on Friday.Designed in close collaboration with the Louvre Museum in Paris,
the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire with the advent of Augustus.These timepieces are handcrafted by expert
featuring images from the four historic eras and are named Lion de Darius, the Grand Sphinx de Tanis, Victoire de Samothrace, and Buste
d'Auguste.Hand engraved and delicately embellished, the four watches are limited to a series of just five with pricing available upon
request.The frieze of lions is one of the few decorative elements of the Palace of Darius in Susa that was found on-site and is now being
kept in the Louvre Museum
This animal decoration was an important part of the iconography of Persian palaces, but also, before them, of Assyrian and Babylonian
reserves intended for the Persian monarchs and the Assyrian sovereigns before them.The prominent frieze of lions was thus a declaration of
royal power, embodied by the king of animals
Made of siliceous glazed bricks that are bound with lime mortar, this decoration mingling realism and powerful stylization are exemplary of
masterpieces of Achaemenid Persian art.Vacheron Constantin is the 15th most recognized and valuable Swiss watch brand in the world.Ancient
Iran, also known as Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran
The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where the Persian language and culture predominated,
the name of an Indo-European nomadic people who migrated into the region about 1000 BC
The Achaemenids were the dominant dynasty during Greek history until the time of Alexander the Great, and the use of the name Persia was
