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National Conference on the Iranian World: Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Periods, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, October 7, 2025

The Tissaphernes Archaeological Research Group and the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, as part of the Iranian World Conference series, will hold the National Conference on the Iranian World:...

Sogdian fire-worship: Between Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, 1 May 2025, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm, SOAS, Main Building, Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT).

Pavel Lurje will deliver a lecture on the subject of “Sogdian fire-worship: Between Zoroastrianism and Buddhism” as part of Kutar Memorial Lecture Series. In this lecture, the author will attempt...

The **School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)**, University of London, is organizing the **Zoroastrianism Summer School 2025**, held **in-person** in London. 

The program will take place from **June 30 to July 4, 2025**, and the **registration deadline is March 12, 2025**. It offers a unique opportunity to explore the traditions, rituals,...

Rasouli, Arezoo, 2024, Anahita in Ancient Iran, written, Cultural Research Office, Tehran.

The newly published book is: Anahita in Ancient Iran, written by Dr.  Arezoo Rasouli. Rasouli, Arezoo, 2024, Anahita in Ancient Iran, written, Cultural Research Office, Tehran.  This book consists of...

The Fifth Fravahar Award Ceremony Honoring Outstanding Research in History, Culture, and Ancient Languages in 2025

The fifth Fravahar Award ceremony was held on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at Iraj Hall. This event honored outstanding theses and dissertations in the fields of history, culture, and ancient...

A Numismatic History of Barikot, Ehsan Shavarebi

The catalogue of coins discovered during the excavations at Barikot in the Swat Valley of Pakistan from 1984 to 2022 has been published by Ehsan Shavarebi, with contributions from Luca...

Closing Ceremony of the 5th Farvahar AwardHonoring Outstanding Theses and Dissertations in the Fields of History, Culture, and Ancient Languages

📅 Thursday, March 6, 2025🕔 5:00 PM This event will feature distinguished speakers: Dr. Mohammad Shokri Foomeshi, author of Manichean AngelsDr. Pezhman Firouz Bakhsh, author of PahlaviatDr. Shirin Mazda Pour,...

A. Belitskaya, E. Popov, V. Silaev, V. Filippov, A. Khazov, 2024, “Helmet of the Migration Period from the Yuvanayag Mound Cemetery,” Rossijskaâ Arheologiâ (Russian Archaeology), No. 1, pp. 186–202.

The article introduces first results of the research on an iron helmet found in 2022 at the Yuvanayag mound cemetery in the Vychegda River region, the Komi Republic. The mound...

Book Review and Critic Session: “Pre-Islamic Texts in the Library of Astan-e Quds Razavi”

The Faculty of Literature and Humanities of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad will hold a book review session on Monday, March 26, 2025, at noon in the Rajaei Hall of the...

Conference: “Reconstructing Sogdiana: Archaeological Discoveries and Historical Narratives”University of California, Berkeley | April 11-12, 2025

The “Reconstructing Sogdiana: Archaeological Discoveries and Historical Narratives” conference will take place on April 11-12, 2025 (Farvardin 22-23, 1404), from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM at 370 Dwinelle Hall, University...

The Fourth Conference on Women, Femininity, and Womanhood in Ancient Ērān and Anērān, Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 18:00

The Cultural Foundation of Ancient Ērān and Anērān will hold the fourth session of its international virtual conference series on the theme of “Women, Femininity, and Womanhood in Ancient Ērān...

Workshop: “People and Powers: Rome, Persia, and Armenia in the Fifth Century” at the University of Lille, April 11, 2025

The academic workshop “People and Powers: Rome, Persia, and Armenia in the Fifth Century” will take place on March 31, 2025 (April 11, 1404) at the University of Lille, Pont-de-Bois...

Thomas Benfey, 2025, “Middle Persian documents and the making of the Islamic fiscal system: problems and prospects,”  Cambridge University Press, Published online.

This article charts a new course for the study of the Middle Persian documents from early Islamic Iran, which takes their early Islamic context into account more fully than has...

The 22nd Annual Conference of Iranian Archaeology

Date: February 23 to 25, 2025 (5th to 7th of Esfand, 1403)Location: Tehran, National Museum of Iran Conference Hall At this annual conference, archaeologists will present the latest achievements from...

The fifth issue of the Journal of the Archaeological Society of Iran has been published

This journal is published in various sections, including the most important archaeological events, a special issue on Elamite archaeology, articles, and obituaries. In this issue, researchers such as Mohammad Taghi...