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Farroukh Jorat: The Atashgah (Fire temple) of Baku
The article below "Zoroastrians of Apsheron: from Sassanians to present days" is written by Farroukh Jorat from the Republic of
UNESCO: Takht-e Soleiman
The article below on Takht-e Soleyman (or Takht-e Suleiman) is by UNESCO. Kindly note that except one photo, all other
Theory of Iranian origin of Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table
The posting below is from a segment of the article by Mark Adderley entitled "Theories about the Origins of the
The Rich History of the Persian Language in India
The article written by Maryam Papi entitled "The Persian language has a rich history in India, but it’s slowly dying
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The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West
The article "The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West" written by Joobin Bekhrad was published in the BBC on February 24, 2022. Kindly noted
UBC Lecture (November 29, 2019): Civilizational Contacts between Ancient Iran and Europe
Kaveh Farrokh will be providing a comprehensive lecture on November 29, 2019 at the University of British Columbia:
The First Airplane Flight over the skies of Tehran
Mankind’s first aerial flight was to take place on December 17, 1903 by the Wright brothers at Kitty
Journal Article: Caucasian Albanian warriors in the armies of pre-Islamic Iran
The HISTORIA I ŚWIAT academic journal has published the following article by Kaveh Farrokh, Javier Sánchez-Gracia (HRM Ediciones,
Arthurian Legend and the Sarmatians (Part I)
The article "Arthurian Legend and the Sarmatians (Part I)" was originally written by Periklis Deligiannis. Regarding the Iranian
Fall 2019 Iranian Studies Initiative Lectures at the University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia's Persian and Iranian Studies Initiative of the Department of Asian Studies at the
The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West GalleryThe Obscure Religion that Shaped the West
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The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West
The article "The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West" written by Joobin Bekhrad was published in the BBC on February 24, 2022. Kindly noted that
Ancient Pottery of Susa exposed by Flood
The article "Ancient potteries probably exposed by flash flood discovered in Susa" was published on February 19, 2022 in the Tehran Times. The version printed
Archaeologists find New Evidence of Paleolithic Era in Iranian cave
The article "Archaeologists find new evidence of Paleolithic era in Iranian cave" was published in the Tehran Times on November 4, 2019. The version printed
The Mithraic Mysteries
The original draft of article below, The Mithraic Mysteries, was originally written by the late Franz Cumont (1868-1947), with the version below edited and updated
Sharon Turner: The Persian Origin of Anglo-Saxon Words
The article below was written in a letter Sharon Turner in 1827 and was first posted in the CAIS (Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies) venue hosted by Shapour
Thousands Year Old Iron Production in Iran
The article “Archaeologists discover millennia-old iron production sites in Iran” was published by the Jerusalem Post on May 2, 2021. Kindly note that none of
