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Origin of the Sasanians? Please forgive me, but I'm getting excited here... I may have connected some dots that were left unconnected before... https://t.co/4VA6JZK7Jt
Detailed Study: Let's talk about this important motif & standard in ancient Iran 🧵⤵️ https://t.co/hCDWj8RoaS
Boşat, Turkey, #Sasanian Relief Situated behind a rocky outcrop near the centre of Boşat village (now Boyunlu), about 9km north of Silvan ⤵️ https://t.co/7Ef691h9gi
2 hypotheses in Iranian Studies which are based on very shaky logic (among many other examples!) 1) "Mithraism" was not a thing in ancient Iran 2) Nowruz, Iranian new year, is n...
The Cyrus Cylinder vs. the Magna Carta Or how history is rewritten. A few points. This is not a "nationalist" or reactionary post. I want to rationally point to double standards i...
Statue of Darius the Great Carved in Egypt, later erected near the Great Gate of the royal palace in Susa, discovered in 1972 ⤵️ https://t.co/IaNOWasMwQ