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Remnants of a Centuries-old structure Discovered in Northwest Iran

By |October 6th, 2019|Categories: Archaeology, Architecture, Cultural and Endangered Sites, Cultural News and Events, Education, Heritage, Learning, News, UNESCO|

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Persian Language Summer and Winter Courses offered by the ASPIRANTUM Language School

By |June 30th, 2019|Categories: Courses and Curricula, Cultural News and Events, Education, Learning, Linguistics, News|

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Empires of the Silk Road

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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

Documentary Film Production: the UNESCO Sassanian Fortress in Darband

By |September 25th, 2024|Categories: 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|

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

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Bukhara in Pre-Islamic Times

By |September 5th, 2024|Categories: India and Asia, Iran and Central Asia, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization|

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.

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Professor Ilber Ortayli Highlights Links between Turkic and Iranian Civilizations

By |September 4th, 2024|Categories: Cultural News and Events, Heritage, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization|

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

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Curatolia and Scaria: Dome Architecture and Europe

By |September 2nd, 2024|Categories: Europa and Eire-An (Ancient Iran/Persia), Iran and Europe, Sassanians|

Readers are invited to consult the following book by: Giovanni Curatola & Gianroberto Scarcia (Translated by M. Shore, 2007). The Art and Architecture of Persia. New

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The Dailamites of Northern Persia

By |August 20th, 2024|Categories: Abbasid, Ancient: Prehistory – 651 A.D., Anthropology, Buyid, Heritage, Medes, Sassanian Military History, Sassanians, The Kurds, UNESCO, Women of Persia|

The Dailamites of Northern Persia were to become the Sassanian Empire's answer to the indomitable Roman-Byzantine Legionnaire professional heavy infantry who were the best of

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How Nations mix Ingredients in their Food based on Traditional Persian Medicine

By |August 14th, 2024|Categories: Culinary Arts, Cultural News and Events, Culture, Heritage|

The article "How nations mix ingredients in their food based on traditional Persian medicine" below was written in 2012 by Fariba Karimi, a Post-Doctoral researcher

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