Charles Cournault’s Call for a ‘Persian Museum’ at the Louvre [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological StudiesIn 1857, the French artist Charles Cournault published a plea for a French mission to Persepolis. The aimof the mission was to obtain examples of relief sculpture, like those he had seen in the British Museum, for theLouvre Museum.
Daniel Thomas Potts
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The political, religious and economic position of the Mehrnarseh family in the Sassanid government [PDF]
تحقیقات تاریخ اقتصادی ایران, 2023 At the beginning of the third century AD, the Sasanians arose from the province of Pars, the birthplace of the Achaemenids, and established a government in which the Zoroastrian clergy and Nejadeh families had a special position. In the Sasanian history,
Iraj Rajabi +3 more
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What can Nabataean Aramaic tell us about Pre‐Islamic Arabic?
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 158-172, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Nabataean Aramaic contains a large number of loanwords from Arabic. Together with other evidence, this has been taken as an indication that the Nabataeans used Aramaic as a written language only, while a Pre‐Islamic variety of Arabic was their spoken language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Dry communication roads in the Achaemenid period [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2016 With the formation of the Achaemenid Empire (559-331 BC) large areas with different peoples and traditions were under the command of Iran. Manage these different areas require a lot of Equipped communication roads to facilitate access to all areas of the
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Despite Iran’s longstanding reputation for sustainable water management, the country currently faces mounting water-related challenges caused by population growth, industrial development, urban sprawl, lifestyle changes, climate change, territorial ...
Masoud Saatsaz, Abolfazl Rezaei
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The Horse and the Lion in Achaemenid Persia: Representations of a Duality
Arts, 2021 This paper explores the ambiguous Persian Achaemenid attitude towards the horse and the lion. It examines the way these animals appear in imperial official presentations, local artifacts throughout the empire and Greek textual representations.
Eran Almagor
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Symbological Investigation and Analysis of Fire Motifs in Pre-Islamic Iran: Emphasizing Works of the Median and Achaemenid Periods [PDF]
پیکره, 2022 Problem Definition: By observing the status of fire and fire-place in the reliefs of works left by the kings of the Medes and Achaemenids, it could be understood that fire had a very high and sacred position in Pre-Islamic Iran.
Hoori Davoudi, Zahra Hosseinabadi
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The presocratic philosophical legacy of ancient Greece and its influence on Zoroastrian eschatology [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2022 The Gathas, as Zoroaster's own compositions, contain the oldest eschatological material, describing a picture of the future with a clear vision of the victory of right over wrong.
Sayyed Toufiq Hosseini
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Influence of Neo-Elamite and Neo-Assyrian Illustrations on the Achaemenid Depictions of Levee A Case Study: Comparison of the Depictions of Levee in Apadana of Persepolis (from Achaemenid Civilization), Kidin Hutran Bronze Cup (from the Neo-Elamite Civilization Period), and Paintings of Til Barsip (from the Neo-Assyrian Civilization Period) [PDF]
پیکره, 2019 One of the fundamental characteristics of Achaemenid art is its combinatorial nature. Depiction of the levee in this period is a clear manifestation of this important feature.
Ali Asghar Salahshoor +1 more
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Review and Analysis of Darius’s Image in Behistun and Naqsh-e Rostam Reliefs [PDF]
نگره, 2023 Achaemenid art is a royal art that has appeared in line with the propaganda goals of kings and mostly in the form of wall and rock reliefs. According to most scholars, Darius I (reign 486-522 BC) had the greatest role and influence in the formation of ...
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