Pre-Historic to Achaemenid Era Technology & Engineering
- Footprints of Prehistoric Industry around Persian Gulf
- World’s first example of Pictorial animation – For more see “Upper Paleolithic to Pre-Achaemenid Era“
- Persepolis Architects were Geologists as Well
- Thousands Year Old Iron Production in Iran
- History Channel – Engineering an Empire: The Persians
Learning
- Achaemenid Education System
- Education in the Parthian and Sassanian empires
- Zoroastrianism, Women and Education
- Piece of carved wood suggests Persian taught maths in Japan 1,000 years ago
- Remnants of a Centuries-old structure Discovered in Northwest Iran
Gundi-Shapur University
- UNESCO celebrates 1,750th anniversary of Iran’s ancient Gundi-Shapur University
- Restoration of Ancient Gundi-Shapur University
Physical Sciences
- Origins of Chemistry Discovery of how to Transform Nalachite to Copper in Ancient Persia (Book Citation)
- Professors Morteza Momenzadeh & Tahereh Sadighi. Place Names: A Guide in Detecting Ancient Gold Mines in Iran (pdf). Proceedings of the International Symposium, Old World Archaeometallurgy, Heidelberg, 1987. Heidelberg. Consult Professor Momenzadeh’s website (www.momenzadeh.com) for more information on the archaeometallurgy of Iran.
- The Quest for Knowledge in Ancient Iran. By Parviz Shahriari originally posted in CAIS website.
Systems of Measurement
- Ancient Ruler discovered at Burnt City
- Achaemenid Engineers knew of the value of Pi
- An 18th Century Persian Astrolabe
Engineering Systems for the Generation of Power
- The Windmill and the contribution of Persia
- The Parthian Battery – باطری اشکانی: يک ميراث فراموش شده ی ايرانی–
- Ten Surprising Iranian Discoveries and Inventions
Aqueducts, Dams and Hydro-Engineering Systems
- UNESCO: Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
- Aqueducts of Iran
- Parthian-era Qanat Discovered in Southern Iran
- Achaemenid Dam Engineering
- Stone Arch Tunnel Discovered near Achaemenid Dam
- The Dams at Pasargadae
Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and De-Humidifier Systems
- Ancient Advanced Technology: 2400-year Old Yakhchals kept Ice in the Desert
- –بررسی معماری و کارکرد یخچالهای مصنوعی در تهران قدیم-an overview of the workings of artificial refrigeration systems in old Tehran -see also This section…
- The Ice Houses of Iran
- Sassanian Engineers & De-Humidifier Systems
- S. Roaf: Badgir (Iran’s Ancient Air Conditioning System)
- The Ancient Persian way to Keep Cool
- –مجیدی مفیدی شیروانی -مهناز محمودی شیروانی،-هویت ایرانی بادگیر و پیشینه آن در معماری ایران– Mahnaz Mahmoodi & Majid Mofidi Shirvani (2009). The Iranian identity of the Badgir and its origins in Iranian architecture. Nashriye Hoveyate Shahr, Number 2, pp. 25-33. (pdf) (in Persian)
- Ancient Persia: Engineers Mastered Sustainable Technology to Store Ice throughout Scorching Summer
Khwarazmi’s works: Mathematics and Applications
Medicine
- Skull Operations by the Ancients
- The World’s Oldest known Artificial Eye
- The Shahrbaraz Blog: Medicine in Sassanian Persia (in Persian) -پزشکی در زمان ساسانیان –
- Press TV: The History of Medicine in Ancient Persia
- Seyed Mahmood Tabatabaei, AbdolJalil Kalantar-Hormozi, Mohsen Asadi (2011). Razi’s Description & Treatment of Facial Paralysis. Archives of Iranian Medicine, 14 (1), 73 – 75.
- –پزشکی و تخصص های پزشکان در ایران باستان (با تکیه بر دینکرد و اوستا) / فرشته آهنگری -Fereshteh Ahangari: Medicine and Specialties of Physicians in Ancient Persia (in reference to the Denkard and the Avesta) (pdf)
The Jundi-Shapur (GONDÊŠÂPUR) Medical School
- Gail Marlow Taylor (University of California, Irvine): Physicians of Jundishapur (pdf-posted in e‐Sasanika 11, 2010) –پزشکان گندی شاپور/ گیل مارلو تیلور -Persian translation (in pdf).
- Lutz Richter-Bernburg: GONDÊŠÂPUR History & Medical School
Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- Persian Scholar Ibn Sina first came up with idea of Quarantine
- Ibn Sina, Persian Polymath and Physician, Never Demanded Money from his Patients
- Encyclopedia Brittanica: Avicenna (in pdf)
- Surprising Find of Unknown Gaelic Translation of Ibn Sīna in Spine of Irish Book
Theory of Evolution
Intelligence Games
- World’s oldest Backgammon game?
- Chess: Iranian or Indian invention?
- Sassanian Game of Hashtpay
- Ancient Game Pieces from Jiroft
- Discovery of 3000 year old Board Games and Compass at Kharq Island
Travel, Roads and Shipping
A Video Tribute to Iran’s Ancient legacy of Learning, Science and Technology
- Science and Technology in Iran before and after Islam (3 videos by Tara Farhid-Gallo).
