A Survey on the Continuity of Elamite Gods and Religious Symbols during Achaemenid Era

Studying the Elamiteera, as an important period of the history of Persia, paves the way to study the other historical periods such as the Achaemenid. Studies reveal that religious beliefs of the Elamite, a complex outcome of their geographical, cultural and historical interactions with Mesopotamian civilization, survives even after the political extinction of Elam. This paper surveys those Elamite gods and religious Symbols that were still being respected and worshiped during the Achaemenid era and even after that period, due to various reasons .Based on a descriptive-analytical method of study, the paper concludes that Elamite gods and religious symbols were still being respected and worshiped during the Achaemenid era but in a transformed or distorted manner. And they were of a great importance, whether directly or symbolically in artworks