found: Kingship and religion in ancient Persia, 2017:title page (Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis) page 5 (born in Tehran, Iran; M.A. in Near Eastern Archaeology and Ancient Iranian Languages at the University of Göttingen in Germany; Ph. D. from University College London on Parthian art; worked as Joint Editor of the Journal IRAN (1983-2003), Secretary of BIPS (1998-2003), President of the British Institute of Persian Studies (2006-2011) and Secretary of the Royal Numismatic Society (2005-2010); member of the Academic Committee of the Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF); Vice-President of the British Institute of Persian Studies, Tehran since 2014)
