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Susa-destruction
A tablet showing the destruction of Susa by Ashurbanipal in 647 BC

Susa (Ancient Greek: τά Σοῦσα) was an ancient Iranian city. It was part of the Elamite, Persian and Parthian empires. It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains. It is about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris River and is between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers. There is a modern Iranian town in the same place as Susa. It is called Shush.

Images for kids

  • Elam Map

    Map showing the area of the Elamite kingdom (in red) and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of the Persian Gulf is shown.

  • Susa map

    Site of Susa

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    Assyria. Ruins of Susa Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection

  • Iran époque d'Obeid Sèvres

    Goblet and cup, Iran, Susa I style, 4th millennium BC - Ubaid period; goblet height c. 12 cm; Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, France

  • Accountancy clay envelope Louvre Sb1932

    Globular envelope with the accounting tokens. Clay, Uruk period (c. 3500 BCE). From the Tell of the Acropolis in Susa. The Louvre

  • Elam cool

    Silver cup from Marvdasht, Iran, with a linear-Elamite inscription from the time of Kutik-Inshushinak. National Museum of Iran

  • The weddings at Susa, Alexander to Stateira and Hephaistion to Drypetis (late 19th century engraving)

    The marriages of Stateira II to Alexander the Great of Macedon and her sister, Drypteis, to Hephaestion at Susa in 324 BC, as depicted in a late-19th-century engraving.

  • ArtabanIIIGreekLetter

    Letter in Greek of the Parthian king Artabanus III to the inhabitants of Susa in the 1st century CE (the city retained Greek institutions since the time of the Seleucid empire). Louvre Museum.

  • Rose cup Susa Louvre MAOS53

    Glazed clay cup: Cup with rose petals, 8th–9th centuries

  • Anthropoid sarcophagus Louvre Sb14393

    Anthropoid sarcophagus

  • Lion Darius Palace Louvre Sb3298

    Lion on a decorative panel from Darius I the Great's palace

  • Male head wearing a head-band resembling king of Syria Antiochus III (223–187 BC), late 1st century BC–early 1st century AD, Louvre Museum (7462828632)

    Marble head representing Seleucid King Antiochus III who was born near Susa around 242 BC.

  • Palmtree vase Susa Louvre MAOS383

    Glazed clay vase: Vase with palmtrees, 8th–9th centuries

  • Sphinx Darius Louvre

    Winged sphinx from the palace of Darius the Great at Susa.

  • Daniel Barry Kent

    Tomb of Daniel

  • Ninhursag1

    Ninhursag with the spirit of the forests next to the seven-spiked cosmic tree of life. Relief from Susa.

  • Tomb of Daniel

    19th-century engraving of Daniel's tomb in Susa, from Voyage en Perse Moderne, by Flandin and Coste.

  • Archers frieze Darius 1st Palace Suse Louvre AOD 488 a

    Archers frieze from Darius' palace at Susa. Detail of the beginning of the frieze, left. Louvre Museum

  • Torque Susa Louvre Sb2760

    Ribbed torc with lion heads, Achaemenid artwork, excavated by Jacques de Morgan, 1901

  • Shush Castle

    Shush Castle, 2011

  • Children in Susa

    Children in Susa

  • Terracotta herm Louvre Sb785

    Herm pillar with Hermes, from the well of the "Dungeon" in Susa.


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