Since fi rst discovered in the early 19th century, the ossuaries from Bushehr, Persian Gulf, have attracted attention as possible archaeological evidence for ancient Zoroastrian burial practice. Th is practice involved exposing cadavers to birds before the surviving remains were gathered for deposition in an ossuary. In this paper, the human remains recovered from two ossuaries at Bushehr are d...

Abstract Like many other religions, Zoroastrianism frequently restructured its priestly organization during long history, largely because of the environmental changes to which it was exposed. A major shift in status – from being state religion Sasanian Empire holding only a minor position early Islamic period challenged Zoroastrian hierarchy authority. The Abbasid provided with an opportunity i...

We describe a silver coin found in one of the burials at Gorny-10 cemetery northern Altai, excavated by expeditions from Altai State University 2000–2003. The was discovered destroyed burial children (No. 46) along with other informative artifacts, which are rather uncommon such burials. Judging horse harness and ornaments, assemblage falls interval late 6th to early 8th century AD. is an imita...

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