Saturday, April 15, 2006

Culture: Ancient Iranian scripts to be posted on website

The Tehran Times, reports that examples of ancient Iranian scripts will be posted on the www.ahnavad.com website, which is to be launched in the near future.

"Ahnavad is one of the first five chapters of Zoroaster's songs known as the Gathas," website designer Esfandiar Khosraviani said.

The designing of the software for the ancient Iranian scripts has provided an opportunity to make use of these scripts in typing, he added.

"The website will offer a new perspective on ancient Iranian scripts. The website will have different sections including information on Iranian calligraphy and history and various parts of the Zoroastrianism holy book the Avesta such as the Gathas."