According to Spain’s EFE News Agency, the exhibition will display the ancient artifacts of the Achaemenid era at the Kaisha Foundation next year.

Experts believe that the exhibition “Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia” will be the largest of its kind on the history of the Achaemenid dynasty.

About 400 artifacts will be put on display from the collections of Iranian museums such as the National Museum of Iran and the Persepolis and Hegmataneh (Ecbatana) museums and from the Louvre and the British Museum.

The exhibition, which was originally entitled “Persian Glory”, will open at the British Museum on September 8, 2005 and will continue until January 2006.

In addition, Achaemenid era experts from across the globe plan to participate in a three-day seminar on social issues, women’s rights, the economy, and art during the Achaemenid dynasty that will be held in London on the sidelines of the exhibition.