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LATEST ENTRIES
History of Music in pre-Islamic Iran 3rd Millennium BC to 650 CE
The article "History of Music in pre-Islamic Iran" by Bo Lawergren on the history of music in pre-Islamic Iran (3rd
Arsacid Chronology in Traditional History
The article below on the origins of the Parthians is authored by the late Shapur Shahbazi and was originally posted in the Encyclopedia
Ancient Dams at Pasargadae
The site of Pasargadae in Iran is host to the tomb of Cyrus the Great and is also the site
The Ancient Sassanian City of Bishapur
The article "Ancient City of Bishapur" written by Baback Khademi was published on the Iran Marco Polo venue on February
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Zoroastrian and Mithraic Sites of the Caucasus
The Caucasus has acted a vital conduit between the Iranian plateau-Eastern Anatolia axis and Eastern Europe. The photo survey below illustrates the legacy of
10 Surprising Facts about Zoroastrianism
The video below "10 Surprising Facts about Zoroastrianism" has been produced by the FTD Facts network (June 30,
Documentary on Sassanian Horse Archers
The below video is a documentary about Sassanian horse archers made by the Invicta venue. The contents of
Stronach and Gopnik: Pasargadae
This article by David Stronach and Hilary Gopnik first appeared in the Encyclopedia Iranica on July 20, 2009.
Palermo’s Medieval Mosaics Inspired by Sassanian Art
The article "Palermo’s Medieval Mosaics Inspired by Sassanian Art" written by Patrick Hunt was published in Electrum Magazine
An Introduction to the Iranian Speaking Ossetians (Ir-on) of the Caucasus
The article “OSSETIC LANGUAGE i. History and description” was written by Fridrik Thordarson for the Encyclopedia Iranica and
Legacy of Cyrus the Great’s Cylinder
The video below is of Neil Macgregor (Director of the British Museum 2002-2015) speaking about Cyrus the Great (r. 559-530 BCE) and the Cyrus Cylinder
Empires of the Silk Road GalleryEmpires of the Silk Road
Achaemenids, Aghanistan, Book Review, China, Courses and Curricula, Culinary Arts, Europa and Eire-An (Ancient Iran/Persia), Greece-Persia Links, Heritage, India and Asia, Iran, Iran and Central Asia, Medicine, Mythology and Nowruz, News, Parthian, People of Iran and Origins, Persian Gulf, Pre-Achaemenid, Science, Scythian, Shahnameh, Technology, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization, Zoroastrianism
Empires of the Silk Road
Readers are introduced to Professor Christopher I. Beckwith's text: "Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Asia from the Bronze Age to the
Desperta Ferro Antigua y Medieval Article on Achaemenid Cavalry GalleryDesperta Ferro Antigua y Medieval Article on Achaemenid Cavalry
Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Ancient: Prehistory – 651 A.D., Archaeology, Cyrus the Great, Greece-Persia Links, Iran and Europe, Journal Articles, News
Desperta Ferro Antigua y Medieval Article on Achaemenid Cavalry
The prestigious Spanish military journal “Desperta Ferro Antigua y Medieval” has published an article by Kaveh Farrokh on the cavalry forces of the Achaemenids at
Documentary Film Production: the UNESCO Sassanian Fortress in Darband GalleryDocumentary Film Production: the UNESCO Sassanian Fortress in Darband
Archaeology, Architecture, Cultural and Endangered Sites, Daghestan, Europa and Eire-An (Ancient Iran/Persia), Heritage, Iran and Caucasia, Military History 1900-Present, News, Sassanian Military History, Sassanians
Documentary Film Production: the UNESCO Sassanian Fortress in Darband
Stanford University shall be screening, on October 3, 2024, Pejman Akbarzadeh's documentary film on the Sassanian fortress Darband in Daghestan, which is the largest known
Bukhara in Pre-Islamic Times
The article below by the late Harvard Professor Emeritus Professor Richard N. Nelson Frye (1920-2014) on Bukhara in Pre-Islamic Times was originally posted in the Encyclopedia Iranica.
Professor Ilber Ortayli Highlights Links between Turkic and Iranian Civilizations
The article below is derived from a BBC Persian interview with Turkish History Professor Ilber Ortayli of Galatasaray University in Istanbul Turkey who outlines the
