Sasanian Memory and the Persian Monumental and Ritual Legacy

Abstract

Chapter 12 explores the techniques by which the early Sasanian dynasty shaped Pars’ patrimony of glorious Achaemenid ruins and foregrounded its ancient artistic heritage and traditions of ritual. The built and natural environment of Pars, including Achaemenid ruins and new sites, created a vital experience of the Sasanians’ new vision of the past and their place in it.