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Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh [Hardback]
Charles Melville (Author);Barbara Brend (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781848853324
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Composed more than a millennium ago, the "Shahnameh" - the great royal book of the Persian court - recounts the history of the Persian people from its mythic origins down to the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. The contributors shed lig... .... Learn More -
Mesopotamia, Iran and Arabia from the Seleucids to the Sasanians [Hardback]
D. T. Potts (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781409405351
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Brought together here are studies on the historical geography of Kerman and Khuzestan in the Seleucid period; the Greek and Parthian presence in Babylonia; popular religion and burial practice in Iran, Mesopotamia, and Arabia and the extent to ... .... Learn More -
Arjan Tomb: At the Crossroads of the Elamite and the Persian Empires [Hardback]
Javier Alvarez-Mon (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9789042922006
Published by : Peeters Press
This book is based on a study of the archaeological evidence deriving from the Arjan tomb, an undisturbed elite burial found in 1982 near the town of Behbahan in south-western Iran. The fact that this burial can be confidently dated to ca. 600-... .... Learn More -
Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West [Paperback]
Warwick Ball (Author)
£16.00ISBN: 9781907318023
Published by : East and West Publishing
This second volume of Warwick Ball's series on Asia in Europe examines the Persian contribution to the making of Europe. He starts with the extension of the empire of Cyrus the Great into Asia Minor, and Persian rule over the Greek colonies the... .... Learn More -
Persepolis II: Contents of the Treasury and Other Discoveries [Hardback]
E F Schmidt (Author)
£89.00ISBN: 9781885923721
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Persepolis II concludes the report on many seasons of excavations (1935-1939) at the site and is the first publication to adequately illustrate and discuss the pottery of the period, an essential addition to Achaemenian archaeological studies. ... .... Learn More -
Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies Volume 47 (2009) [Paperback]
Cameron A. Petrie (Author); C. E. Bosworth (Author); Vanessa Martin (Author)
£30.00Published by : British Institute of Persian Studies
IRAN is a refereed journal which is published annually and enjoys a high international reputation. IRAN includes articles on the whole range of Persian Studies and not only on work sponsored by the Institute. There is also a section on recent ... .... Learn More -
Sasanian Jewry and Its Culture: A Lexicon of Jewish and Related Seals [Hardback]
Daniel M. Friedenberg (Author)
£27.99ISBN: 9780252033674
Published by : University of Illinois Press
This volume presents fifty-seven Jewish seals from the Sasanian Empire, as well as comparative seals and other Sasanian artefacts. The text identifies their provenance (if known), translates their inscriptions, and organizes them by their depi... .... Learn More -
Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Israel [Hardback]
Nikolaus Schindel (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9783700160564
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
This volume contains the Sasanian and Sasanian-type coins in the collections of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem), the Israel Antiquity Authority (Jerusalem), the Israel Museum (Jerusalem) and the Kadman Numismatic Pavilion at the Eretz Israel ... .... Learn More -
Siraf: History, Topography and Environment [Hardback]
Cameron A. Petrie (Author); David Whitehouse (Author); Donald Whitcomb (Author); T. J. Wilkinson (Author)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781842173947
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies Monograph
Volume: 1
Between 1966 and 1973, the British Institute of Persian Studies conducted seven seasons of excavation and survey at Siraf, which was a major city on the Iranian shore of the Persian Gulf that played a leading role in the network of maritime tra... .... Learn More -
The Persian Book of Kings: The Persian Book of Kings [Hardback]
Charles Melville (Author);Firuza Abdullaeva (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781851243464
Published by : Bodleian Library
Oxbow says: The Shahnama or The Book of Kings was one of the greatest epic poems ever written. Completed in AD 1010 by its author Firdausi, it tells the history of mankind from the creation of the world (with Iran at the centre) to the des... .... Learn More

