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Nishapur

by James W. Allan

Cover of Nishapur

The city of Nishapur, located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance in medieval times and a flourishing center of art, crafts, and trade. This publication explores metalwork found at the site at Nishapur excavated by the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum in 1935{u2013}40 and again in 1947. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

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