The 19th print-run of the Persian translation of the book Iran: from the earliest times to the Islamic conquest by Roman Girshman has been released by Eshareh.
IBNA: The book was rendered into Persian by Mohammad Moein.
Details about the Medes and Persians since the first kingship of old Persia are discussed in the book.
Roman Ghirshman (October 3, 1895 – 5 September 1979) was a Ukrainian-born French archeologist who specialized in ancient Iran.
A native of Kharkiv, Ghirshman moved to Paris in 1917 to study Archeology and Ancient Languages. He was mainly interested in the archeological ruins of Iran, specifically Teppe Gian, Teppe Sialk, Bagram in Afghanistan, Bishapur in Fars, and Susa.
In the 1930s, Girshman was the first to excavate Teppe Sialk. His studies on Chogha Zanbil have been printed in 4 volumes, and he also led excavation teams at Kharg Island, Iwan-i Karkheh, and the Parthian platforms in Masjed Soleiman, near Izeh, Khuzestan.
With 300 papers and 20 books published, Ghirshman was one of the most prolific and respected experts on ancient Iran. Some of his works on Susa have not even been published yet, but have served other archeologists such as Henri Gashe in subsequent follow-up studies in the 1960s and 70s in Iran.
Source: Iran Book News Agency (IBNA)
