The Louvre Museum And The Looted Ancient Heritage Of Iran By Jane Devolafoy
Jane Dieulafoy says in her memoir about the Apadana Palace in Susa: Yesterday I watched the large stone bull found in recent days with great regret, weighing about twelve thousand pounds! It is impossible to shake such a huge mass. Eventually, I could not overcome my anger, grab a sledgehammer and fall into the rock. I hit it with a savage blow. The head of the column is broken as a result of a sledgehammer struck like a ripe fruit...