When the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the National Museum of Iran in 2019, the Shami Statue specifically drew his attention. The media captured him gazing at the 2,000-year-old Parthian statue for several minutes. [5742×2500]
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Abe signed the Museum’s guestbook at the end of his visit:
[https://irannationalmuseum.ir/fa/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/](https://irannationalmuseum.ir/fa/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/)
About the statue:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shami_statue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shami_statue)
>the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe … gazing at the 2,000-year-old Parthian statue for several minutes.
The man was among the last educated “elite” of rich/western world. There are plenty of interesting moments in his public political life.
But, in this case I would be willing to look at this magnificent piece of history for much longer than several minutes.
Why does the statue look so much like Shrek’s Robin Hood? 😕