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The Liberation of Khorramshahr May 24-25 1982
This article provides a brief synopsis of the operations of the Iranian military leading to the liberation of the city
Counting Arrows: How the Persian Empire Counted Its Dead
The article "Counting Arrows: How the Persian Empire Counted Its Dead" written by Christopher Hoitash was originally posted in War
Iranian Schindler who Saved Jews from Nazis
The story below was originally published by the BBC on December, 20, 2011 (the author of the BBC article is
Mithradates VI Eupador
The article below by Brian McGing: Mithradates VI “Eupador” of the Pontus Kingdom was originally posted in the Encyclopedia Iranica.
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The Battle of Nisibis: Parthia versus Rome
The article "The Battle of Nisibis: Parthia versus Rome" was written by Edward Whelan and published on the Classical Wisdom venue on August 23,
Surprising Find of Unknown Gaelic Translation of Ibn Sīna in Spine of Irish Book
Alison Flood published the article "Surprise as unknown Irish translation of Ibn Sīna discovered in spine of book"
Geography of Roman-Iranian Wars: Military Operations of Rome and Sasanian Iran
Professor Katarzyna Maksymiuk (University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland) published a seminal textbook on Sassanian military
Lecture by Prof. Nicholas Sekunda (September 23, 2020): The Persian Invasions of Greece Reconsidered
The Iran heritage Foundation has issued a newsflash regarding an upcoming on-line webinar lecture by Prof. Nicholas Sekunda:
An Overview of the History of Mithraism
The article below "A History of the worship of Mithras, and Mithraism as a Mystery Religion" was originally
Persian Roots of Puccini’s Opera Turandot (Turandokht)
The article “Persian roots of Puccini’s opera Turandot” (posted 29 November 2019) on Leiden University’s Leiden Medievalists Blog
The Persian Prince Pirouz (Pirooz)
The article "The Persian prince Pirooz" by Yang Guifei was originally printed in the Tang Dynasty Times. Kindly note that excepting one image, none of
Buried for 4,000 Years, the Jiroft Culture could Expand the ‘Cradle of Civilization’
The article "Buried for 4,000 years, this ancient culture could expand the 'Cradle of Civilization'" was originally written by Antonio Ratti and published in the
Persepolis Architects Were Geologists as Well
The article "Persepolis Architects Were Geologists, too" was originally published in Mehr News on December 23, 2005 and by Shapur Suren-Pahlav in the CAIS venue
The Mother Cuisine: A Taste of Persia’s Ancient (and influential) Cooking
The article "The Mother Cuisine: A taste of Persia's ancient—and influential—cooking" was written by Sarah Kagan for the epicurious.com venue. For readers further interested in
An Overview of the Sassanian site of Nagshe Rajab
The site of Nagshe Rajab located in Iran's modern-day Fars province is currently a candidate as a UNESCO Registered site. The text printed further below
An Overview of the Sassanian Site of Taghe Bostan
The article "Taghe Bostan" was originally posted on July 27, 2010 in the Historical Iranian Sites and People venue. Kindly note that excepting xx pictures,
