As previous years, Dip 5 will continue with the redefinition of what was formerly known as public space, trying to reactivate the physical realm of the common, nowadays kidnapped by economic and political agents. The origin of the word paradise gets back to ancient Persia, and to the Avestian term pairi-daêza, composed by pairi, "around" and diz "to construct", literally enclosed space, that wa...

background and objective: biodeterioration is an irreversible damage that is caused by colonization of microorganisms on the surface of different materials. among all microorganisms, fungi play an important role in deterioration of materials. fungi can colonize on stone surfaces and by secreting different enzymes, organic and inorganic acids and pigments, can cause bio-weathering and changing n...

The article, published in the first number of new series East & West journal edited by ISMEO, analyses all archaeological and historical data available to date for Dashtestan county from Achaemenid period, order demonstrate presence settlement Tamukkan (Taoce, Ta?(u)makka) this area propose it an urban model similar that recently hypothesized settlements Persepolis Pasargadae. author examines e...

Air lime mortars with addition of two types sesame cooking oil were synthesized and cured in different conditions: laboratory natural climatic conditions the Pasargadae Persepolis World Heritage Sites. For laboratory, oils mortar induced hydrophobic effects, but it adversely affected on permeability values carbonation rates. However, air site demonstrated increment their hydrophobicity superfic...