A Partial Decipherment of the Unknown Kushan Script*
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 293-329, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered in an area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most inscriptions can be dated to the period from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, yet all attempts at decipherment have so far been unsuccessful.
Svenja Bonmann +3 more
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Orientalism, Postcolonialism, And The Achaemenid Empire: Meditations On Bruce Lincoln'S Religion, Empire, And Torture 1 [PDF]
, 2011 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88128/1/j.2041-5370.2011.00026.x ...
Colburn, Henry P.
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Evidence, hints and assumptions for late pregnancy in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Acta Paediatrica, Volume 112, Issue 7, Page 1371-1377, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Ancient women, who survived childhood mortality, received good and adequate nutrition, did not work hard and escaped death during childbirth could live fairly long lives. Girls started procreation after marriage, usually at 15 years, had on average seven children, childbearing lasted 14–21 or more years and could happen at the age of 35 or ...
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +1 more
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Mīrzā Muḥammad Naṣīr Furṣat al-Dawla and the Archaeology of Iranian Archaeology [PDF]
, 2015 Unlike other related studies which are focusing on either excavations or excavators, this essay explores some aspects of the early development of archaeology in Islamic Iran as a particular moment in intellectual history.
Szántó, Iván
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Pre-Islamic religious motifs (550 BC to 651 AD) on Iranian minor art with focus on rug motifs
HTS 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
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Studying the Motifs of Iranian Thrones in Ancient Era and Their Evolution [PDF]
نگره, 2020 In Iran, The beginning of the construction of thrones, stools and similar devices coincided with the beginning of urbanization in the sixth millennium BC.
seyedeh motahareh mousavi +2 more
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The Hypothesis of the Arsacids’ Descent from the Achaemenids: Myth or Reality?
Banber Arevelagitut'yan InstitutiIn the 40s of the last century, J. Wolski proposed a thesis, still dominant in historiography, arguing that the story of Arrian which reached us thanks to his work “Parthica” that the Arsacid dynasty, the founder of Parthian state, descended from the ...
Arthur Melikyan
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The Pattern Of The World [PDF]
, 2012 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93544/1/j.1467-9736.2012.00830.x ...
Fraser, Russell
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An Investigation of the Principles of the Achaemenian Empire Based on Archeological Data [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2020 Introduction Archeological data has always been a suitable ground to study diverse dimensions of our predecessors’ life. Some monuments are left from the the Achaemenian Empire that were mostly tools known by political institutions as media for ...
Zeinab Khosravi +2 more
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Sasanian Adurbadagan and Modern Azerbaijan: Historical Roots and Development
Advances in Historical Studies, 2023 The article analyzes application of the name Adurbadagan to both sides of modern Azerbaijan divided by the Araz river into southern or Iranian and northern or the independent Republic of Azerbaijan.
Mahir KHALIFA-ZADEH, Leyla Khalifazadeh
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