After analyzing the historical context and monuments that have come down to us in the Alanic language, the author suggests several geographical areas that seem suitable for searching for new documents and/or inscriptions.

This article attempts to gather and analyze all available evidence—mainly from Byzantine, Iranian, and Arab sources—about the role the Alans played in the Byzantine-Persian wars during the long reign of Khosrow Anushirvan (531-579).

The volume includes articles presented by participants of the Eighth European Conference on Iranian Studies (held in St. Petersburg from September 14-19, 2015), which focused on pre-Islamic Iran and historical linguistics. The collected papers reflect a wide range of research…

The aim of this article is to gather evidence on the religious practices of the Alans, disregarding possible connections with Scythian or Ossetian facts and parallels unless they are directly confirmed in relation to the Alans by literary or material sources. Keywords: Islamic religion…

This study is conducted in line with the natural interest of modern Ossetians in the history of their historical and linguistic ancestors—the medieval Alans, who emerged on the forefront of European history in late Antiquity.

This article addresses three issues related to the image of the Alanic banner depicting a feline predator. The first part examines the mythological and ideological significance of the image, as well as its origins among the Central Asian nomads of the Saka-Massagetae circle.

Tamga signs as one of the probable sociocultural markers of Alano-Sarmatian burials in Western Europe during the Great Migration Period.