with the publication of one complete edition of the journal expedition in 1989 on hasanlu project by american archaeologists, engaged there during pre-revolutionary period, the present study highlights some of the accepted mistakes in the explanation and interpretation of the facts in the articles of that journal on one hand, and the beginning of the activities by iranian archaeologists in 2000...

iranian art is one of the richest artistic heritages in the world comprising different fields such as architecture, paintings, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking, petrography, etc. this art had inseparable link with nature; especially with plants and animals in different eras; and it has been interwoven with poetry and literature so that its glory, beauty and expression have increased ...

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After advent of Islam especially through and after the reign of Abbasid caliphs; interest of scientists and engineers wasdrawn towards the” mechanical or ingenious devices”. The wise jar was originally designed by Ahmad ibnMüsä, thefamous Iranian scientist who lived in the 5th century A.H.(9th A.D). It consists of a jar with a mechanically intelligentmechanism inside, which is capable of separa...

The ninth annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Post-doctoral Seminar, with the title “Household Studies in Complex Societies: (Micro) Archaeological and Textual Approaches,” organized by Miriam Müller, was held on Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Breasted Hall. Over two days, the papers and discussions focused on household archaeology, a topic that has generated con...