Legacies of Ancient Persia

Dr. Ali Mousavi, a Pourdavoud Research Scholar and adjunct professor of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss his experience growing up in Iran with an archaeologist father and how it shaped his career, creating the Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran for the Pourdavoud Institute, his experience working for UNESCO, and about the possibilities for digitally rendering ancient sites like the Getty’s “Persepolis Reimagined”. We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you like what you hear, please give our show a 5-star rating, and review us on Apple or Spotify. Don't forget to follow the Pourdavoud Institute on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.pourdavoud.ucla.edu! Learn more about Dr. Mousavi: https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/person/ali-mousavi/ Check out the Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran: https://irangazetteer.ucla.edu Explore the Getty’s Persepolis Reimagined: https://persepolis.getty.edu Recorded & edited by Lexie Henning, original music by Brent Arehart, and artwork by Hadley Leasman.