Name: Sorena Address: University of Mazandaran,
Surname: Firouzi Iran
Citizenship: Iran E-mail:
[email protected]Date of birth: 17th Aug 1985
Sex: Male
ORCiD: 0000-0001-5858-8706
RESEARCH ACTIVITY & EDUCATION
PhD in Archaeology PROJECT TITLE: Archaeomythology of Iran and Historicity of its Components based on
Sep/2020- June/2023 Archaeological Evidence, Mazdayasna Religious Texts and Historical
Documents.
Dpt. OF ARCHAEOLOGY SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Reza Mehrafarin (Professor of Archaeology)
UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN ADVISORS: Prof. Dr. S. Rasool Mousavi Haji
Babolsar, Iran
M.Sc in Archaeology PROJECT TITLE: A Comparative Study between the Archaeological Evidence of the Western
Sep/2012- Feb/2015 Iranian Plateau in 2000-550 BCE and Greek and Mesopotamian Sources
Dpt. OF ARCHAEOLOGY SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Hekmatolah Molla Salehi (Professor of Archaeology)
UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN ADVISOR: Dr. Bahman Firouzmadi
PROTECTION
Tehran, Iran
M.Sc in Biology-Genetics PROJECT TITLE: Investigating the Possibility of Molecular Studies and Matching between
Sep/2017- Feb/2010 Samples Found from Some Ancient Iranian Ethnic Groups and Today's Iran
Dpt. OF Biology SUPERVISOR: Dr. Behnaz Saffar (associate professor of Cellular and Molecular
Biology)
SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY ADVISORS: Dr. A. Mohammad Ahadi; Dr. Maziar Ashrafian Bonab
PROTECTION
Shahrekord, Iran
B.Sc In Cellular and Molecular PROJECT TITLE: Human Ethnic Groups and their Evolution
Biology- Genetics SUPERVISOR: Dr. Manijeh Karami (associate professor of Molecular Biology)
Sep/2003- Feb/2007 ADVISORS: Dr. A. Mohammad Ahadi
SHAHED UNIVERSITY
Tehran, Iran
PUBLICATIONS, POSTERS, & PRESENTATIONS
1. Firouzi, S. & J. Novotny (2023). “Revising the Locations of Several Cities in the
Western Region of the Iranian Plateau”, State Archives of Assyria Bullein (29): 7-30.
Available at:
https://www.arborsapientiae.com/libro/23478/saab-bulletin-state-archives-of-assyria-
bulletin-vol-29-xxix-2023.html
2. Firouzi, S., et al. (2023). “The historical Identity of the Medes and Cimmerian
people in the first millennium BCE; Manda and a Revision”. Historical Sciences
Studies, doi: 10.22059/jhss.2023.355954.473626
(Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 28 July 2023).
Available at:
https://jhss.ut.ac.ir/article_93058.html?lang=en
3. . Firouzi, S., et al. (2023). “An Illustrated Oriental Narrative of Xerxes' Battles
in Europe; Data from a Parthian palace and a different alternative to the one-sided
Greek accounts”, Journal of Ancient Culture and Lamguages,
doi: 10.22034/ACLR.2023.2002476.1068
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 18 July 2023).
Link of Journal to Contact:
https://www.aclr.ir/?lang=en
4. Firouzi, S., et al. (2023). “Namri; An ancient land in a part of Ilam
province?”. Iranian Studies,
doi: 10.22059/jis.2023.358270.1197
(Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 12 July 2023).
Available at:
https://jis.ut.ac.ir/article_93175.html?lang=en
5. Firouzi, S., et al. (2023). “Inscribing of Zoroaster's poems; Before or after
Alexander's invasion?”. Iranian Studies,
doi: 10.22059/jis.2023.354928.1184
(Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 11 April 2023).
Available at:
https://jis.ut.ac.ir/article_91808.html?lang=en
6. Firouzi, S., et al. (2023). “From the Fall of Zardukku to the Rise of Deioces; A
Median Democracy”. Iranian Civilization Research, 4(2), 133-160. doi:
10.22103/jic.2023.3721
Available at:
https://jic.uk.ac.ir/article_3721.html?lang=en
7. Firouzi, S. et al. (2022). "Analysis of two perspectives on the presence of Aryans
and their culture on the Iranian plateau "from the Iron Age" or "before" in; Outline a
third perspective". Available at:
https://historicalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_8027.html?lang=en
8. Firouzi, S. et al. (2022). "Karzina, Akriyaš, ZER/Quliyaš, Surginiyaš,
Handakiyaš, Munni and Umman-manda; The Challenge of Mesopotamian Texts
and Iranian Groups on the Iranian Plateau". Available at:
http://iaej.sku.ac.ir/article_11241.html?lang=en
9. Firouzi, S. et al. (2022). "Bathhouses and Thermae in the Iranian world; From the
beginning to the end of the Sassanid era". Available at:
https://socialhistory.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7710.html?lang=en
10. Firouzi, S. et al. (2022). "The Possibility of an Older Ancestral Land for the
People of Parsua based on the Content of Written Archaeological Sources and
Historical- Mythological Names". Available at:
https://jhr.ui.ac.ir/article_26545.html?lang=en
11. Firouzi, S. & A. Rasooli (2022). "The identity of Cyrus the Great in Sassanids
historiography; some figures with this name in the borders of Eranshahr". Available
at:
https://jhss.ut.ac.ir/article_90139.html?lang=en
12. Firouzi, S. et al. (2022). "From Sagbita to Hagmatāna; The Royal Cities of
Medes". Available at:
http://www.aclr.ir/article_696648.html?lang=en
13. Firouzi, S. et al. "A model for interpreting two tablets discovered from the
Konar Sandal of Jiroft and matching it with written evidences in Akkadian
literature" (Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 05 July
2022). Available at:
http://iaej.sku.ac.ir/article_11260.html?lang=en
14. Firouzi, S. et al. "A Revision in the mythological Assyrian Kings List of;
History at the heart of myth" (Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available
Online from 07 September 2022). Available at:
http://iaej.sku.ac.ir/article_11289.html?lang=en
15. Firouzi, S. et al. "A view on the religion of the Medes based on the analysis
of the two Neo-Babylonian inscriptions and the succession of Median kings".
(Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 19 February
2022). Link of Journal to Contact:
https://adyan.urd.ac.ir/?lang=en
16. Firouzi, S. et al. "Analysis of a myth in field evidences; Archaeomythology
and Ulug depe" (Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from
27 January 2022). Link of Journal to Contact:
http://jgk.imamreza.ac.ir/?lang=en
17. Firouzi, S. et al. "Review of the chronology of the Medes kings and their
mythological kings lists; Evidences of historicity in Mythology" (Articles in
Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 03 October 2022). Link of
Journal to Contact:
http://iaej.sku.ac.ir/?lang=en
18. Firouzi, S. et al. "Prince of Parsua in the territory of Bactra; a relation
among the mythical Persian kings, archaeological evidences of Yaz culture and
the content of Assyrian inscriptions" (Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 14 May 2022). Link of Journal to Contact:
http://jgk.imamreza.ac.ir/?lang=en
19. Firouzi, S. et al. "Looking for a missing relief in Behistun; An investigation on
the unfinished surface of Farhad Tarash area from the point of view of
archaeomythology and the content of written sources" (Articles in Press, Accepted
Manuscript Available Online from 27 November 2022). Link of Journal to Contact:
https://jic.uk.ac.ir/?lang=en
20. Firouzi, S. et al. "The transition from Pishdādiān mythological period to the
Kayānids dynasty in the language of archaeology; An Investigating in
Relationship between a Severe Drought and Iron Age transformations in
Central Asia and the other lands adjacent to the Iran" (Articles in Press,
Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 18 September 2022). Link of
Journal to Contact:
http://jgk.imamreza.ac.ir/?lang=en
21. Firouzi, S. et al. "Kaštaritu; His place in the history of Medes and his
ethnicity" (Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript Available Online from 8
October 2022). Link of Journal to Contact:
https://jis.uk.ac.ir/?lang=en
22. Firouzi, S. "Investigation of the kinship of linguistic groups of Iran from a
genetic point of view". International conference on criticism and review of study
sources of Azerbaijan and Aran (2010), pp. 163-172. (Selected top article).
23. Firouzi, S. & A. Koozegar. "References to political and demographic identities
of Median and Armenians before the 1st millennium BC". The first international
conference on historical and cultural relations between Iran and the Caucasus.
Rasht: Guilan University with cooperation of State-Armenian (Slavic) University of
Armenia, (2018).
24. "The Effects of divergence in evolutionary routes resulting from the
formation of self-awareness stages in species on the use of animal models", The
8th Congress of Animal Sciences of Iran (September 2018). Second Author.
Link of Article (in Persian):
https://iasc.areeo.ac.ir/article_30355.html
25. "Investigating the formation of early agriculture and animal husbandry in the
Zagros mountains along with the emergence of humans in the Iranian plateau: from
myth to new genetic advertisements", 4th International Congress of Developing
Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism of Iran (31-31 Feb.
2019), Tabriz Islamic Art University In cooperation with Shiraz University and
Yasouj University. Fourth Author. Link of Article (in Persian):
https://civilica.com/doc/972700/
26. Firouzi, S. et al. "Investigating the divergence of the evolution path of the
human race from the parallel paths of evolution arising from the formation of
the stages of self-awareness in species", The 3rd International and the 15th
Iranian Genetics Congress (13-15 May 2018). Link of Article (in Persian):
https://civilica.com/doc/984008/
27. Firouzi, S. et al. "Analyzing the delay of most Aryan settlements in the
Iranian plateau and the creation of civilized animal husbandry-farming
societies by relying on new genetic information", 4th International Congress of
Developing Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism of Iran
(31-31 Feb. 2019), Tabriz Islamic Art University In cooperation with Shiraz
University and Yasouj University. Link of Article (in Persian):
https://civilica.com/doc/973007/
28. Firouzi, S. et al. "Genealogy of Mughal Kings of India, Ottoman Caliphs and
kings of Aq Qoyunlu, Safavids, Afsharids and Qajar of Iran based on
Archaeological and Morphological Evidence", The 5th National Conference on
Archaeology of Iran (Nov. 2021). Link of Article (in Persian):
https://civilica.com/doc/1349671/
ACHIEVEMENTS
Oct/2022 The top researcher of the year at the University of Mazandaran
May/2010 The best Article of the International Conference
BOOKS
2024 Archaeomythology of Iran (Author)
(Artamis)
2023 Novotny & Jeffers. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC) (Translation)
(Artamis)
2023 Weiershäuser F. and J.Novotny. RINBE 2 (Translation)
(Artamis)
2020 An Analysis of the Classical Texts (Author)
(Lambert Academic Press)
2017 The Older Medes (Author)
(Barsam)
TALKS
UNIVERSITY OF Neyshabur Historicity of a myth by Archaeology
(Dpt. of Archaeology)
August/2022
UNIVERSITY OF VALI ASR Washing costume and Bathe in Ancient Persia
(Dpt. of Iranology)
July/2022
UNIVERSITY OF TORBAT Looking for a missing relief in Mount Behistun
(Dpt. of Archaeology)
June/2022
UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND Archaeomythology in Archaeology of Iran
(Dpt. of Archaeology)
May/2022
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English Fluent (IELTS: 6.5 in 3 Exams)
