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The top of a staff used by Achaemenid Kings. The neck is made of gold, and the top is adorned by two addorsed Achemenid lion heads in lapis lazuli. Why is an item like this, which is of such a great value to the nation of its birth, sitting in the British Museum in London? Imagine that the sword of Sir Arthur indeed existed, and that it was part of the permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Iran...
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North Africa/Middle East
