Iran
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Persia's Imperial Power in Late Antiquity: The Great Wall of Gorgan and the Frontier Landscapes of Sasanian Iran [Hardback]
Eberhard Sauer (Author); T. J. Wilkinson (Author); H. Omrani Rekavandi (Author); J. Nokandeh (Author)
$150.00ISBN: 9781842175194
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies Monograph
Volume: 2
The Gorgan Wall stretches for over 200km through northern Iran. Guarded by over 30 forts, it is longer than Hadrians Wall and the Antonine Wall put together and is the most monumental ancient border defence system between Central Europe and China.... .... Learn More -
Nishapur Revisited: Stratigraphy and Ceramics of the Qohandez [Hardback]
Rocco Rante (Author); Annabelle Collinet (Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781842174944
Published by : Oxbow Books
Nishapur in eastern Iran was an important Silk Road city, its position providing links to central Asia and China, Afghanistan and India, the Persian Gulf and the west. Despite previous excavations there are many unresolved questions surrounding th... .... Learn More -
The Oxus Treasure [Paperback]
John Curtis (Author)
$10.00ISBN: 9780714150796
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
In May 1880, Captain F.C. Burton, a British political officer in Afghanistan, rescued a group of merchants who had been captured by bandits while travelling between Kabul and Peshawar. With them was a rich and impressive collection of gold and ... .... Learn More -
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Iranistische und indogermanistische Beiträge in Memoriam Jochem Schindler (1944-1994) [Paperback]
Velizar Sadovski (Editor); David Stifter (Editor)
$103.00ISBN: 9783700166061
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Dieser Gedenkband vereint die Tagungsakten dreier Gedenkveranstaltungen zu Ehren des korrespondierenden Mitglieds der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Ordentlichen Professors für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Indogermanische Sprachw... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Islamic Arts of the Book [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
$300.00ISBN: 9781904597490
Published by : Pindar Press
Volume: 3
The studies collected in this volume, some of them rather difficult to access, date mostly from the last fifteen years and focus primarily on Persian book painting of the 14th to the early 16th centuries. In this period, Iran domi... .... Learn More -
Ancient Iran from the Air [Hardback]
David Stronach (Author); Ali Mousavi (Author)
$60.00ISBN: 9783805344531
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie
This book features many of the more exceptional landscapes and monuments of Iran as seen through the lens of the world's foremost aerial photographer, George Gerster. The photographs, which were taken between 1976 and 1978, are presented in six... .... Learn More -
Later Village Period Settlement Development in the Karun River Basin, upper Khuzestan Plain, Greater Susiana, Iran [Paperback]
Abbas Moghaddam (Author)
$108.00ISBN: 9781407309323
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study re-evaluates the previous understanding of the Later Village Period in Greater Susiana (southwestern Iran) by focusing mostly on settlement and landscape. This is addressed from the perspective of the small and previously least explo... .... Learn More -
Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Iranische Namen in Nebenueberlieferungen indogermanischer Namen. Band 5: Faszikel 5A: Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Paperback]
Schmitt Rudiger (Author)
$84.00ISBN: 9783700171423
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Sitzungsberichte der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 823
English summary: The present volume offers, on the basis of the numerous exploratory works of the author (among which are the three volumes of "Iranica Graeca Vetustiora") a complete collection and thorough interpretation of those personal ... .... Learn More -
Iranische Moderne in der Bildenden Kunst: Der Bildhauer und Maler Pawitz Tahavoli. Werk und Bedeutung [Paperback]
Gisela Fock (Author)
$67.00ISBN: 9783700168003
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: VERöFFENTLICHUNGEN ZUR IRANISTIK
Volume: 59
Parviz Tanavoli had his first solo exhibition of modern art in 1958. At the time he was only 21 years old. Startling for the audience, he had formed assemblages out of scrap metal and semi-abstract ceramics showing themes from normal daily life... .... Learn More