abstract reliefs are one the most important archaeological evidences to elucidate vague facts of previous cultures. this tradition has a long history in iran`s culture that revitalized in qajarians in different parts of iran, there are forty seven reliefs with engraved decoration in stone collection of taq-i-bustan, too. so far, no report or newsletter about qajarian reliefs in taq-i-bustan col...

İnsanlık tarihinde giysi kullanımı ne zaman başladığı bilinmemekte en erken dönemlerde avladıkları hayvan postlarını olarak kullandığı varsayılmaktadır. İnsanoğlunun örtünme içgüdüsü ve doğal olaylardan korunma gereksiniminden doğan, giyim kuşam kültürü, tarih öncesi çağlardan başlayarak günümüze kadar gelmiştir. Giysiler dönemlerin, ülkelerin, toplulukların veya kişilerin özelliklerini yansıta...

mosques always during the islamic period have been as a particular species manifestation of taste and skill of real artists, and like a large canvas have displayed the set of popular arts in any period. in the meantime, stone , despite the difficulty in extracting and cutting, not abandoned ,and at  beginning of the qajar dynasty, trimmer of  this period  following the order and recommend of ma...

decorative arts have got a special place in iranian architecture traditionally. these types of arts are the symbol of nation's ethnics and indigenous features and also express the artist's feelings of those times. stucco is one type of the decorative arts that has decorated many buildings -especially palaces-that belong to the pre-islamic period and also mosques that built in the isla...

In the squares of many Italian cities, unnoticed by most passersby, incisions carved in stone reproduce the dimensions of the measurements that were employed locally until 1861, when the nation endorsed the metric system. By gathering the evidence pertaining to these forms of display, this essay hopes to bring them back into historical consciousness. The story that follows is a rich one, for th...

The invention of obstetrics forceps in the 17th century represented a critically important technical advance in the management of childbirth. It was particularly timely in that the new disease, rickets, was becoming widespread and with it, dystocia due to pelvic deformity. The story of the forceps is bound up with five generations of the Chamberlen family (fig 1). Peter Chamberlen, later known ...