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Review and Analysis of Darius’s Image in Behistun and Naqsh-e Rostam Reliefs [PDF]

open access: yesنگره, 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 ...
hadi ghaempanah
doaj   +1 more source

“Tabula Rasa” planning: creative destruction and building a new urban identity in Tehran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The concept of Tabula Rasa, as a desire for sweeping renewal and creating a potential site for the construction of utopian dreams, is presupposition of Modern Architecture.
Mehan, Asma
core   +4 more sources

Persian Collections: Center and Periphery at Achaemenid Imperial Capitals

open access: yesStudia Orientalia Electronica, 2021
The absence of a true Achaemenid Persian “historiography” necessitates that we look elsewhere to construct Persian ideological interactions with the periphery.
Jennifer Finn
doaj   +1 more source

JózefWolski’s Writings on the Arsacid History and Culture: A Critique [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2018
Józef Wolski’s works on the Arsacid history and culture have led to a new approach which has shed new light on the unknown and ambiguous aspects of the Arsacid Empire.
Farshid Naderi
doaj  

Yau̯nā and Sakā: Identity Constructions at the Margins of the Achaemenid Empire

open access: yesStudia Orientalia Electronica, 2021
The Achaemenid Empire can be reasonably considered an “empire of peoples” from both an ideological and structural perspective. It included all the lands of the peoples of the world and all people helped to maintain imperial order and prosperity.
Silvia Balatti
doaj   +1 more source

Tyre, a Ship: The Metaphorical World of Ezekiel 27 in Ancient Judah [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This essay offers a close reading of the dirge in Ezek 27, the metaphorical description of the famed and sinking Tyrian ship. The analysis pays close attention to the symbolic world of the text, situating it within the literary and historical milieux of ...
Ian Wilson
core   +1 more source

Pre-Islamic religious motifs (550 BC to 651 AD) on Iranian minor art with focus on rug motifs

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
This article reviewed the influence of pre-Islamic religions such as Mithraism and Zoroastrianism on decorative elements of ancient Persian rugs. The article then evaluated the effect of the Islamic religion on Persian rugs.
Abouali Ladan, Jake Kaner
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Understanding patterns of conflict and pathways in which political history became established is critical to understanding how large states and empires ultimately develop and come to rule given regions and influence subsequent events.
Altaweel, M   +3 more
core   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
wiley   +1 more source

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