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V. I. Abaev and H. W. Bailey: The Alans

April 7th, 2018|Comments Off on V. I. Abaev and H. W. Bailey: The Alans

This article on the Iranian speaking Alans by V. I. Abaev and H. W. Bailey first appeared in the Encyclopedia Iranica on December

Bahrām VI Chobin (Čōbīn)

March 11th, 2018|Comments Off on Bahrām VI Chobin (Čōbīn)

The article below by the late Shapour Shahbazi’s regarding Bahrām VI Chobin (Čōbīn) was originally published in the Encyclopedia Iranica on

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پروفسور گارنیک آساطوریان: نگاهی به مسئلۀ «زبان و قومیت» در ایران

March 4th, 2017|Comments Off on پروفسور گارنیک آساطوریان: نگاهی به مسئلۀ «زبان و قومیت» در ایران

The interview below in Persian has been provided by Professor Garnik S. Asatrian (پروفسور گارنیک آساطوریان) (Chair, Iranian Studies Dept., Yerevan State University; Editor,

New Course: Ancient Inventions that Changed the World

By |May 28th, 2014|Categories: Courses and Curricula, Cultural News and Events, Heritage, Learning|

A new course by Kaveh Farrokh entitled "Ancient Inventions that Changed the World" at the University of British Columbia will commence on June 2, 2014:

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Presentation at PIASt in Warsaw (May 23, 2019) on the Find of a Sassanian Town at Ramavand

By |May 1st, 2014|Categories: Heritage, Parthian, Sassanians, Women of Persia|

Dr. Gholamreza Karamian provided a presentation on his excavation of a Partho-Sassanian site at Ramavand, Lorestan in Western Iran at the Polish Institute of Advanced

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Achaemenid style Persian (or Persian-influenced) Ivory comb

By |April 23rd, 2014|Categories: Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Heritage, News|

The information below on the Persian (or Persian-influenced) ivory comb was passed to Kavehfarrokh.com by Professor Yuri Stoyanov. The below image and caption is from

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Mani: Forgotten Prophet of Ancient Persia

By |April 15th, 2014|Categories: Heritage, India and Asia, Iran and Caucasia, Iran and Central Asia, Iran and Europe, Sassanians, Zoroastrianism|

Mani was born in 216 CE near Ctesiphon (capital of the Sassanian Empire) either in the town of Abrumya or Mardinu in the Babylonian district

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Kaveh Farrokh Interviews: Persian Heritage Magazine and Voice of America

By |April 6th, 2014|Categories: Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Cultural News and Events, Cyrus the Great, Eurocentricism, Greece-Persia Links, Heritage, Historical Revisionism, Iran and Europe, Jews and Iran, Mythology and Nowruz, News, Nordicism, Women of Persia, Zoroastrianism|

Kaveh Farrokh has been interviewed by the Persian Heritage Magazine (published March 31, 2014) and Voice of America (published April 1, 2014) regarding the 300

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Photos of Old Tehran: 1920s-1940s (Part I)

By |March 29th, 2014|Categories: Heritage, Iran, News, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization|

This posting is a continuation of a previous posting entitled "Maps and Photos of Old Tehran" (click Image below for details): Below are photos of

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