ASTANA – The Zhambyl Region is one of Kazakhstan’s most historically rich regions, home to ancient mysteries, sacred ...

SOAS Archives & Special Collections has contributed material from the Library’s unique archives, manuscript and rare books collections towards a range of local, national and international exhibitions.

Elsewhere too, Christians bent to the requirements of the powerful. Bishops from the Dyophysite Church of the East could not follow their Western counterparts in adopting celibacy, because it was a ...

Yet, Salzburg is also a city of contrasts. Modern architecture has made its mark, blending harmoniously with its historic backdrop. Modern projects like Stadt Park Lehen and Paracelsus Bad ...

IN 2016, Dr Mehran Pouladi, the current Council of Iranian Mobeds (Zoroastrian priests) found a collection of manuscripts in a hidden room of his grandfather’s home in Yazd in Iran. In the past week, ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

Over five centuries after the last recorded priestly exchange, Iranian Zoroastrian high priest Mobed Mehraban Pouladi visits India to strengthen ties with the Parsi community. He aims to foster ...

Researchers focused on three key events: a bottleneck 900,000 years ago (Event 1), the divergence of modern and archaic humans 650,000 years ago (Event 2), and interbreeding between Homo sapiens ...

Zoroastrian priests took the fire inside the cave, so the installation of a traditionally domed space was not necessary. The roof of the cave kept the sacred fire protected from wind, rain and ...

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