During two seasons of archaeological excavations on the historical site of Veliran of Damavand, some structural remnants dating to the Sassanid period were identified. The structure consists of a tower and a rampart, as well as several rooms organized on the two sides of a passage. The architectural findings in the archeological site of Veliran help us know the Damavand region as it was during ...

معماری اسامی ایران تداوم طبیعی معماری دوره ساسانی است و شناخت و مطالعه این معماری می تواند راه گشای ما در شناخت معماری دوره اسامی و جنب ههای مختلف آن باشد. متأسفانه علی رغم این مهم معماری این دوره به طور شایسته و جامع شناسایی و مطالعه نشده و ابهامات اساسی در خصوص سیر تحول و تکامل این معماری، تاریخ گذاری بناهای بر جای مانده، گون هشناسی، عناصر و اجزا، تکنیک ها، شیوه های معماری و موارد دیگر وجود د...

The common division in Iranian architectural history to two separate periods - pre-Islamic and Islamic - which was once efficient, has gradually lost its motivating power. Such a cliché had consequences including disregarding the architecture of the very transitional era from the late Sassanid to the early Islamic period. Understanding the real changes, evolutions, breaks, and continuity...

The fourfold division archetype is one of the distinguishing characteristics of Iranian architecture and urbanism in the times prior to and after the Islamic periods. However, its philosophy of existence has so far remained obscure. Therefore, the subject matter in this paper will be searching for its origin as well as analyzing the dimensions of its design. Therefore, the objectives of this re...

Iranian architecture follows various formal patterns, mostly had been worked in artistic pieces then worked to architectural structures. Deeply looking at motifs in artistic works and architectural plans, streaks of cosmological beliefs can be traced. Nonagon division of squares, "Chaharbagh" or "Chaharsofeh" plans can be among important ones. It seems that these patterns have been primarily us...

The practice and study of medicine in Persia has a long and prolific history. The present study examines recorded information on the subject of medicine during the Sassanid period based on Avesta and Pahlavic texts such as Dinkard, Bundahishn, Sad dar Nasr and Sad dar Bundahishn. Moreover, Sassanid medicine was under the influences of neighboring countries such as Egypt and Greece. The Sassanid...

A common motif in Sassanid art is the king on horseback often accompanied with royal symbols and glory. On the remained images of the Sassanid kings’ horses, a pair of conical form, in some cases circular (tassel) is hanging on the back of the horse. These tassels are attached by a chain to the horse-cloth or crupper of the horse. Many believe that the tassels were used to decorate the Sassanid...

Among the many surviving architectural edifices of the pre-Safavid Islamic era in Iran, there are mainly the burial places, religious and public benefit buildings. However, as a matter of fact, throughout a time span of a thousand years, from the beginning of Islam until the Safavids, there is not a considerable number of palaces which belong to the pre-Safavid Iran. Therefore, the main questio...