Fire Altar and Priest Bird God: Notes on the Archaeology of Ancient Zoroastrian Art

Author: Shi Anchang
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book compiles the author's decade-long exploration of ancient Zoroastrian ruins and Zoroastrian art. It covers underground tombs and above-ground inscriptions, involving many long-preserved artifacts in museums and recently unearthed relics from the three Sappho tombs of Yu Hong, An Jia, and Shi Jun. It presents a unique revelation and argumentation of the Zoroastrian heritage in China over 1,400 years ago and its religious iconographic system.