Some 50 miles northwest of Baghdad, archaeologists and a large team of local workers have revealed the standing remains of a neglected Sasanian-era (a.d. 224–651) site known as the Zindan, a Persian ...
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 ...
In an exciting announcement, the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage of Iraq has revealed the discovery of the boundaries and various structures of the ancient city of Jalula, the city that ...
Rock carving in Istakhr, Iran, possibly features a king expressing his divine right and cosmic authority.
A diadem or ribbon encircles the neatly dressed hair, while three strings of apparently globular beads form a necklace with a lozenge-shaped pendant extending from a square center bead. A flowing ...
This conference brings together the leading scholars of the fields of late antique, Sasanian, and early Islamic history in order to study the period of transition – defined broadly as 600-750 CE – in ...
"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 ...
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, ...
In November, the Taiwanese embassy in Japan detailed a number of tips for Thais visiting Japan. These include minor items like not putting chopsticks in the serving bowl, and more significant ones ...
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