Persepolis West (Fars, Iran)
Askari Chaverdi, Alireza & Pierfrancesco Callieri. 2017. Persepolis West (Fars, Iran): Report on the field work carried out by the Iranian-Italian Joint Archaeological Mission in 2008–2009 (British...
View ArticleThe Elamite Royal Orchestra from Madaktu (653 BC)
Alvarez-Mon, Javier. 2017. The Elamite Royal Orchestra from Madaktu (653 BC). Elamica 7: 1-34. Contents: §1. Prelude; §2. The Royal Elamite Orchestra from Madaktu; §2.1. Instruments: horizontal harps,...
View ArticleScythian Strategy or Open Pitched Battle: Choice of Strategy by the Persian...
Kleymeonov, Alexander Anatolevich. 2017. Scythian Strategy or Open Pitched Battle: Choice of Strategy by the Persian Command in 334 BC. Man In India 97 (22), 219-227. The article is devoted to the...
View ArticleMiddle Persian Papyri, Ostraca and Parchments: An Introduction
Zeini, Arash. 2018. Middle Persian papyri, ostraca and parchments: An introduction. Sasanika Papyrological Studies , No. 1. This essay discusses the state of Middle Persian papyrological, ostraca and...
View ArticleShamans of Ancient Iranian Nomads
Yatsenko, Sergey. 2017. Shamans of Ancient Iranian Nomads: Artifacts and Iconography. In Gheorghiu Dragoş, Emilia Pásztor, Herman Bender, George Nash (eds.), Archaeological Approaches to Shamanism:...
View ArticleIran: A Modern History
Amanat, Abbas. 2018. Iran: A modern history. Yale University Press. his history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers...
View ArticleECIS 9
The European Conference of Iranian Studies (ECIS) is one of Europe’s largest conferences in Iranian Studies. It is held every four years and organized by the Societas Iranologica Europaea (SIE). The...
View ArticleSafavid Occidentalism and Persian Painting
Habibi, Negar. 2018. ʻAli Qoli Jebādār et l’occidentalisme safavide: une étude sur les peintures dites farangi sāzi, leurs milieux et commanditaires sous Shāh Soleimān (1666-94). (Studies in Persian...
View ArticleThe Parthians at the margins of the empire
In this issue of L’Histoire, entitled Les mondes d’Alix and dedicated to the graphic novel series Les voyages d’Alix, specialists of antique history explore various aspects relating to the world and...
View ArticleThree Papyri Revisited
Weber, Dieter. 2018. Three Pahlavi papyri revisited. Sasanika Papyrological Studies , No. 2. Weber revisits three Pahlavi papyri from the period of Sasanian occupation of Egypt (619–628 CE).
View ArticlePersian Art
Carey, Moya. 2018. Persian art: Collecting the arts of Iran in the nineteenth century. London: V&A Publishing. Persian Art tells the story of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s stunning collection of...
View ArticleThe Elamite World
Álvarez-Mon, Javier, Gian Pietro Basello & Yasmina Wicks (eds.). 2018. The Elamite World (Routledge Worlds). London: Routledge. Amongst the civilizations to participate in the dynamic processes of...
View ArticleA Seal Imprint from Old Nisa and the (Apollonian) Iconography of Mithra
Sinisi, Fabrizio. 2017. A Seal Imprint from Old Nisa and the (Apollonian) Iconography of Mithra. Studia Iranica 46(1), 9-30. A seal impression from Old Nisa / Mithradatkart bearing the image of a deity...
View ArticleSeleucid Research Bibliography, 1870-2017
Strootman, Rolf. 2018. Seleucid Research Bibliography 1870-2017.
View ArticleFrom Cyrus to Seleukos: Studies in Achaemenid and Hellenistic History
Briant, Pierre. 2018. From Cyrus to Seleukos: Studies in Achaemenid and Hellenistic History (Ancient Iran Series). UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies. The present volume is a collection of articles...
View ArticleEight Doctoral Fellowships
If you are interested in studying with us at the Institute of Iranian Studies (@IranistikFuB), Freie Universität Berlin, please consider applying through the below programme. If you are an educator,...
View ArticleThe so-called ‘Thronfolgerprägungen’ of Ardashīr I reconsidered
Shavarebi, Ehsan. 2017. The so-called ‘Thronfolgerprägungen’ of Ardashīr I reconsidered, in Maria Caccamo Caltabiano et al (eds.), XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015 Proceedings, Vol....
View ArticleStudies in the Chronology of the Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan
Sims-Williams, Nicholas & Francois de Blois (with contributions by Harry Falk and Dieter Weber). 2018. Studies in the Chronology of the Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan....
View ArticleIranica Antiqua, Volume 52
The table of contents of the latest issue (52) of the journal Iranica Antiqua: In Memoriam Ernie Haerinck: Biography and Bibliography OVERLAET, Bruno At the Crossroads of Iran and Central...
View ArticleThe Hellenistic Court
Erskine, Andrew, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones & Shane Wallace (eds.). 2017. The Hellenistic court : Monarchic power and elite society from Alexander to Cleopatra. Classical Press of Wales. Hellenistic...
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