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Name ‘Iran’ came to Near East from Europe together with Aryan migration

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According to Wikipedia, the term Iran derives from Middle Persian Ērān, first attested in a third-century A.D. inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam,...

Face of Original Iran ruler: Colossal statue of Sassanian King Shapur I

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Per Wikipedia, the term Iran was first attested in a 3rd-century A.D. inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam. The inscription where the term Iran...

‘Northern’ Clothing of the Kushan, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires Elites

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American Art Historian John M. Rosenfield wrote in his 'Dynastics Arts of the Kushans': "As carefully depicted by the sculptors, the...

Statue of Young Kanishka, King of Kushan Empire, Patron of Gandharan Buddism

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“If this child stays in the world, he will become a great all-wheeled king in the future, and if he goes...

Zoroastrian Fire Worship and Purification of Metals: How and Where the Crucible ‘Damascus’ Steel...

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In her PhD dissertation 'Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use, and Origin' presented at the University of London (available at...

Kushan Empire Fireworshiping Kings with Tridents

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Vima Kadphises (c. AD 113–127) was an Indo-Scythian King who expanded the Kushan territory in Afghanistan and northwest India. David Jongeward in his book 'Kushan...

Indo-Scythian King Kanishka and the First Crucible ‘Damascus Steel’ Sword

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In her PhD dissertation 'Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use, and Origin' presented at the University of London (available at...

The first Scorched Earth policy was used by Scythians in the area of what...

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Scorched earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including...

Parthian Empire once divided the world with Roman Empire. The Parthians were originally exiles...

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"The Parthians, in whose hands the empire of the east now is, having divided the world, as it were, with the Romans,...

Bilsk Scythian archaeological complex in Ukraine: Largest Fortified Settlement of the early Iron Age...

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Located in the Ukrainian forest steppe, the Bilsk archaeological complex is the largest archaeological site in the region, covering an area...