the present study tries to analyze some conceptual metaphors in the bustan, using insights from cultural linguistics. the data analyzed shows that through a cultural model, the word del, productively, embodies the mind of persian speakers via conceptualizing emotions (love, happiness, and grief), mental faculties (understanding, thinking), cultural values (munificence, truth), character traits ...

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...

The question of mobility Bronze Age societies in southern Central Asia is a lively subject for discussion and remains key aspect understanding past human life. represents region where migration had deep impact on the development cultural communities. Surrounded by great empires ancient Near East, it exhibited high ethnic genetic diversity. In this paper we present regional study isotopic analys...