The Louvre Museum And The Looted Ancient Heritage Of Iran By Jane Devolafoy
The Dieulafoys first visited Persia in 1881 and would return twice after that. The first journey to Persia was by freighter from Marseilles to Constantinople, by a Russian boat to Poti on the east coast of the Black Sea, and then across the Caucasus, and via Azerbaijan to Tabriz. From there they traveled widely through Persia, to Tehran, Esfahan, and Shiraz. Jane Dieulafoy documented the pair's explorations in photographs, illustrations, and writing. She took daily notes during her travels, which were later published in two volumes