St John Simpson, Theya Molleson. « Old Bones Overturned. New Evidence for Funerary Practices from the Sasanian Empire »
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عنوان ژورنال: Abstracta Iranica
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0240-8910,1961-960X
DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.42569