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Zoroastrian toponyms in the Republic of Azerbaijan

For a thousand years, from the Achaemenid era (VI century BC) [1] to the fall of the Sassanid Empire (VI century), the Caucasus was part of the Zoroastrian Iran [2]. The presence of the Zoroastrian...

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فردوسیوآرامگاهش

یکیازدرخورنگرشترینکارهایشاهنامهویابهتـربگويمفردوسیوهماندیشانش،کوششدرراهگشادنچشمهاوگوشهاست،تاازآنراه،دشمـنرانهتنهاازدیده،کهازدلهایترسیده،آسيبديدهوازترسبهگوشه‌ایخزیدهوبهويژهازراهزوربهراهاندیشۀدشمنکشیدهشد...

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Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph

In this study Brian Bosworth looks at the critical period between 329 and 325 BC, when Alexander was active in Central Asia and what is now Pakistan. He documents Alexander's relations with the peoples...

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Old Avestan Syntax and Stylistics

This is the first modern comprehensive account of the syntax of Old Avestan, the earliest known form of Iranian language, attested in the Gathas of Zarathushtra and the Liturgy in Seven Chapters. It is...

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Greeks and Parthians in Mesopotomia

Greeks and Parthians is an innovative, archaeologically based investigation into urban life in Mesopotamia and the northern part of the Persian Gulf, from the arrival of Alexander to the end of the...

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Late antique motifs in Yezidi oral tradition

This book aims to demonstrate how the oral tradition works through tracing the presence and use of late antique motifs in Yezidi mythology.Yezidis are a Kurdish religious minority of a few hundred...

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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

In this book by David W. Anthony, which won the Society for American Archaeology's 2010 Book Award, the origins of Indo-European languages is explored in the context of the domestication of the horse...

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Gifts to a Magus : Indo-Iranian studies honoring Firoze Kotwal

In this book, insightful descriptions of divinities and demons, priests and laity capture the attention of readers as will, absorbing discussions of good and evil, rituals and documents, and of...

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Scythian Suite

If the task of Fravahr.org is “bringing the artefacts of the Perso-Aryan vision in a state close to their original and living condition”, one should turn his eyes toward Scythians. As a gift for this...

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چرازبانپارسیواژه‌هاینونمیسازد؟

آیامیدانیدکهواژۀرزمایشواژه‌ایاستنادرستوچوندستورزبانپارسیرادرستنمیدانیم،آنراچنینساختهایم؟ما،رزمشداریمکهریشه‌کنشاست،همانکهدرعربیمصدرمیگویند،اماپسوندیبهنامآیشنداریمکهبهرزمافزودهشود....

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ریشۀناماروپاوفرنگ

گفتهمیشوداروپا (بهیونانیΕυρώπη) دراساطیریونانیبرجایماندهازعهدکهن،یکشاهزادهخانمفنیقیباشد. اودخترآگنور Agenor (قهرمانانه) —ویادربرخیازاسطوره‌هافوئنیکس Phoenix —پادشاهفنیقیهبود....

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یکیبودنکیانیانومادها

نخستیندشواریدرطرحوبررسیجستارمادرآنجاستکهبیشترایرانشناسانیادرتاریخمدونایرانباستانسررشتهدارندیادراساطیرایرانباستانکارداناند،امّانهدرهردویآن....

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New theory for the Hanging Garden of Babylon

Recognised by the Greeks in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon and its location still remains a mystery steeped in shadow and puzzling...

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Anahita: Ancient Persian Goddess and Zoroastrian Yazata

This book is the most extensive study of the figure of Anahita in recent years, and includes new and never published before research. Anahita: Ancient Persian Goddess and Zoroastrian Yazata is...

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The Elements of Hittite

This textbook offers in ten lessons a comprehensive grammar of the Hittite language with ample exercise material both in transliteration and cuneiform. It contains a separate paradigms section, an...

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Buddhism in Iran

Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, this book demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought...

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Evolution of a deity

Just as deities often resemble their worshippers through anthropomorphic iconic representations and human-like emotions, so too, like humans, do they progress through their careers in stages. They...

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Call for sponsors: ALL INDIA SHAH BEHRAM BAUG SOCIETY

ALL INDIA SHAH BEHRAM BAUG SOCIETY (for Scientitic & Educational Research) Draft of Brochure for building construction of first residential building out of six (April 2014). Save Planet Earth by...

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The first Persian recipe book on Kindle

A Feast of My Persian Heritage is the third remarkable, tantalising book and the most comprehensive yet from the award winning author Shirin Simmons who has shared over 220 traditional Persian recipes...

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Le codex manichéen de Cologne

Le Codex Manichéen de Cologne est d'une importance cruciale pour comprendre les origines du manichéisme. Ce document a été découvert peu avant 1970 en Egypte. Il a été acheté par l'Université de...

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