Introduction -- How Pious was Shapur I? -- Early Sasanian coinage -- Formation and ideology of the Sasanian state in the context of archaeological evidence -- Kingship in early Sasanian Iran -- Image ...
Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642) presents masterpieces illustrating the splendor of the court arts of the Sasanian dynasty, which ruled the ancient Near East from the ...
The Gird-î Kazhaw site at sunset, with the uncovered structures. Credit: Dirk Wicke However, the spatial and temporal relationship with an adjacent settlement tell, which houses a small Sasanian ...
Istakhr (also spelled Estakhr) is located in the vicinity of the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550–330 BC). Similar archaeological projects, ...
For centuries, the monumental complex of Qaṣr-e Šīrīn, located in the province of Kermanshah, Iran, has been the subject of study by historians and archaeologists. However, one of its most fascinating ...
"In this book, Touraj Daryaee provides an account of Sasanian Persia. Drawing on extensive new sources he paints a portrait of Sasanian life and unravels the divergent strands that contributed to the ...
Mohammad Sabet-Eqlidi stated that following the collapse of a section of the relief known as the “Pashe Paran” which is a kind of fly swatter, a team of stone restoration experts was dispatched to ...
In 549 BCE, the Persians, led by Cyrus the Great of the Archaemenian family, overthrew the Median court of Western Iran. Cyrus thus founded the first Persian Empire. The Archaemenian kings are known ...
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