One of the exceptionally interesting examples a living biblical tradition, maintained by Christian, Muslim and Jewish pilgrims for over sixteen hundred years, is history St. Samuel monastery on Mount Joy. The shrine was founded in Byzantine period, but its heyday falls period Crusades. It from here, after murderous journey, that troops First Crusade saw Jerusalem first time. knights were follow...

In today's cities, especially metropolises, the issue of identity and its transformation has become one of the most important issues among urban authorities and designers. Mean while, Mashhad as the second religious metropolises in the world has an identity- causing and effective role among Islamic cities of Iran In recent decades, the amount of urban construction, especially in central part of...

allusion: from 2 years ago, a community-centered group in holy defense research and documentation center has been formed to respond the needs of the general audiences in the community. from the beginning, the group sought to identify the needs of different ranges of the target community and to produce suitable products for it. almost a year after forming and stabilizing, the group paid attentio...

â â â  each of planning must be accomplish according to the principles of sustainable development to success urban planning. this article evaluates sustainable index in social, physical, economical and environmental biological dimensions of mashhad metropolis which is the second biggest city in iran using descriptive –analysis method and quantitative models and statistical software. in the fi...

The Mausoleum of the Dingtao King (termed 'M2') is a large-scale huangchang ticou tomb that dates to the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25 A.D.). It is the highest-ranking Han Dynasty tomb discovered to date. However, biodeterioration on the surface of the tomb M2 is causing severe damage to its wooden materials. The aim of the present study was to give insight into the fungal communities coloni...

Seyed Mehdi Saberi1, Mohammad-Reza Karimi1, Ardeshir Sheikhazadi2, Mazaher Ghorbani2, Ali Pasha Meysamie3, Zeynab Nasri Nasrabadi2 and Sayed Mahdi Marashi2* 1Department of Psychiatry of Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran 2 epartment of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Scie...