April 26, 2008 – 11:27 am
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www.cais-soas.com By : The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies
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Archaeologists working at Sarab-Mort site in Kermanshah Province have announced the news of the possible discovery of a Sasanian Fire Temple adjacent to the Parthian Manor house, reported Persian service of ISNA on Monday 21, 2008.
“During this year’s [archaeological salvage] excavation, we have unearthed the religious section of the structure; it consists of a Chahar-Taqi (free-standing Zoroastrian Fire Temple), which in fact was a private chapel,” said Yousef Moradi, director of archaeological salvage operation team at Sarab-e Mort.
The Parthian manor house consists of various sections including official, administrative, ceremonial and religious. Read More »
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www.iranian.ws By : MANOUCHEHR SAADAT NOURY
... In ancient Iran, many libraries were established by the Zoroastrian elites and the Persian Kings. They were possibly one of the first Bibliophilists (more informally Bookworms) of the world. ...
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Libraries have been always regarded as one of the institutions that play a very significant role in advancing literacy and education Read More »
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www.chnpress.com By : Soudabeh Sadigh
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The unique wine production workshops belonging to Sassanid dynastic era (224-651 AD) will be submerged without being transferred to another place. The wine production workshop, which is the most complete in its own kind ever found in Iran, was discovered during the second season of archeological excavations conducted by Iranian-Polish joint team in Bolaghi Gorge.
According to Ali Asadi, head of Iranian-Polish archeology team in Bolaghi Gorge, this earthenware construction is consisted of a sloped surface with two small pools. After passing through both pools and settling of sediments, the pure grape juice was poured into a big jar.
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www.iranian.ws
... Shahnameh is a very popular book not only among Iranians but also all Persian speakers in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, parts of Central Asia, Pakistan, India and even some parts of China. Shahnameh is also important to the remaining 200,000 Zoroastrians in the world, because it traces the beginning of Zoroastrianism to the defeat of the last Sassanian Zoroastrian king by invasion of Arabs. ...
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Hakim Abdul Qasim Firdawsi Tusi, more commonly known as Ferdowsi, is one of the most revered Persian poets. He was born in 935 AD in a rich family in Iranian Khorasan province and it is said he died in poverty around 1020. His tomb is located in city of Toos in Khorasan Razavi province, where every year millions of his lovers attend to pay tribute to this great poet.
He devoted more than 30 years to compose his masterpiece of Shahnameh, which is the most popular and influential of the Iranian Read More »