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The Plurality of the Persian Empire: The Achaemenids to the Sassanians

The article “The Plurality of the Persian Empire: Part I – The Achaemenids to the Sassanians” was written by Wu Mingren for the Ancient Origins venue on August 7, 2018. For more information on these...

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Archeological find corroborates Japan-Persia Ancient Ties

The Tehran Times published an article entitled “Archeological find corroborates Japan-Persia Ancient Ties” on January 14, 2020. Kindly note that: (a) the text printed below has been slightly edited...

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A Forgotten Iranian Legacy: The Parthian Battery

A common misconception about the Parthians is that they lacked interest in the development of learning, science and technology. This belief is derived from the paucity of the available evidence, the...

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Restoration of Ancient Gundi-Shapur University

The article “Jundi Shapur, one of birthplaces of knowledge and wisdom, undergoes restoration” was published by the Tehran Times on September 4, 2021. The version printed below has been slightly edited...

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The Iranian Army Berno (Brno) Rifle

The Iranian-built “Berno” was originally designed by Czechoslovakia’s Zbrojovka Brno Company, which was a weapons and vehicle manufacturing firm. The Czechoslovak rifle  was actually based on the...

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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 out” appeared in Quart India on September 7, 2017. It was first posted  on...

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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 Arthurian Legend” – this was originally posted in the Mark Adderley website (the link is...

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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 images and accompanying captions do not appear in the UNESCO posting....

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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 Azerbaijan (formerly known as Arran and the Khanates until May 1918)....

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Mithradates VI Eupador

The article below by Brian McGing: Mithradates VI “Eupador” of the Pontus Kingdomwas originally posted in the Encyclopedia Iranica. Kindly note that the images, videos and accompanying descriptions...

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