S. Hegyi, C. Höhne, K. Kadija, A. Karev, D. Kikola, M. Kliemant, S. Kniege, V.I. Kolesnikov, E. Kornas, R. Korus, M. Kowalski, I. Kraus, M. Kreps, A. László, R. Lacey, M. van Leeuwen, P. Lévai, L. Litov, B. Lungwitz, M. Makariev, A.I. Malakhov, M. Mateev, G.L. Melkumov, C. Meurer, A. Mischke, M. Mitrovski, J. Molnár, St. Mrówczyński, V. Nicolic, G. Pálla, A.D. Panagiotou, D. Panayotov, A. Petri...

ilam civilization is the most important ancient and indigenous civilization of iran prior to the formation of aryan rule and the achaemenid empire. the capital of this civilization, susa, joinedurbanization in 3200 b.c. and was put aside from history in 646 b.c. by assyrian empire. one of the most significant part of this civilization was  ilamidreligion and worldview as represented in their te...

it has been proposed that some structures at persepolis served as calendarical or astronomical mechanisms. despite a general lack of evidence of such functionality at the site, a stone slab in the central palace (the tripylon gate) has been claimed as evidence supporting this theory. the chiseled signs on this slab have been interpreted as symbols indicating the precise time of the spring equin...