The Authors offer a synthesis of the layers at Tell Halaf attributed to period between 6th-4th centuries and, thus, Achaemenid culture. This attribution is based on their stratigraphical position as well presence specific elements material culture usually connected Achaemenids in residential spaces and burials. article discusses results most recent excavations site (campaigns 2006-2010). try fi...

there are rare references to professional training in mesopotamian sources mainly because this used to be done in the family, from father to son. nevertheless, there are some 35 apprenticeship contracts from the neo-babylonian period which open a unique window to the social, legal and economic aspects of professional training. the present article edits and translates 3 such apprenticeship contr...

The article, published in the first number of new series East & West journal edited by ISMEO, analyses all archaeological and historical data available to date for Dashtestan county from Achaemenid period, order demonstrate presence settlement Tamukkan (Taoce, Ta?(u)makka) this area propose it an urban model similar that recently hypothesized settlements Persepolis Pasargadae. author examines e...

always on kingdom history of the world a king without a crown is unconceivable. the persian kings were not exception of this rule. iranian ancient kings crown as one of the aspects of the monarchy and power, the image of king while makes he distinguishes from other persons is visible in various artistic works. one of the important artistic works that image of iran’s kings with their power symbo...

the nondestructive techniques are applied to identify important data from the internal process of distillation towers, process towers, pressure vessels and etc. in recent, the gamma-ray scanning techniques as diagnostic tools for scanning of tray columns, packed columns, storage tanks, level measurement and density measurement of containing materials has been used widely. this paper has tried t...

a subject of the investigation is the behavior of concrete and reinforced concrete columns under different loading conditions. the experimental study comprised a great number of tests on hinged - end columns with slenderness ratio within 35 and 155 subjected to both short and long - time loads applied at different eccentricities. the strength of concrete and the steel percentage varied in a wid...