Towns and Temples Along the Mississippi

Towns and Temples Along the Mississippi

Formation of the Mithraic Temples in Northwestern Iran and Comparison with Roman Mithraeums

Mithraism was a mystery religion centered on the god Mithras that was practiced in the ancient world, including India, Iran, Anatolia, Etc. Despite numerous documents such as the most ancient religious books of the world including the Avesta and Rig Veda, and the oldest inscriptions Including: Boğazköy and Achaemenid inscriptions, and finding hundreds of temples in the territory of ancient Rome...

The Sacred Wisdom and Art of Mandala; Analysis of Plan the Vastu Purusha Mandala and Its effect on the Architectural Structure of Iranian Fire Temples

Many patterns of ancient art and architecture have been designed based on religious beliefs and orders in the Indian continent. One of them is the wisdom of sacred art Vastu Purusha Mandala. This knowledge is related to square plan that has its roots in the ancient Indian religious texts  that so called Vedas. The mandala has three main shapes: circle, square and triangle. Although the circle i...

Otitis Media with Effusion in Children and the Impact of Risk Factors on Serum Cytokine Levels

Introduction:To evaluate the role of allergic-type and infectious-type cytokines in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) Materials and Methods:We investigated serum levels of interleukins (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13, along with interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 35 children with OME and 28 healthy contr...

1 Geo - Environmental Estimation of Land Use Changes 2 and Its Effects on Egyptian Temples at Luxor City 3

Over the years, the Egyptian temples at Luxor city have been intensely investigated, but 18 most of these studies just focused on the classical sides of the archaeological and historical 19 descriptions. Many of the environmental problems are inevitable results of the unplanned urban 20 crawling around the monuments temples. This paper aims at assessing the environmental changes 21 around some ...