Roman Ghirshman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roman Ghirshman

French archaeologist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1895

Place of Birth: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1979

Profession: art historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Roman Ghirshman (Russian: ????? ?????????? ???????, Roman Mikhailovich Girshman; October 3, 1895 – 5 September 1979) was a Ukrainian-born French archeologist who specialized in ancient Persia. A native of Kharkiv in the Sloboda Ukraine (present-day Ukraine) Ghirshman moved to Paris in 1917 to study Archeology and Ancient Languages.
He was mainly interested in the archeological ruins of Iran, specifically Teppe Gian, Teppe Sialk, Bagram in Afghanistan, Bishapur in Fars, and Susa. In the 1930s, Girshman, together with his wife Tania Ghirshman, was the first to excavate Teppe Sialk.
His studies on Chogha Zanbil have been printed in 4 volumes, and he also led excavation teams at Kharg Island, Iwan-i Karkheh, and the Parthian platforms in Masjed Soleiman, near Izeh, Khuzestan. With 300 papers and 20 books published, Ghirshman was one of the most prolific and respected experts on ancient Iran.
Some of his works on Susa have not even been published yet, but have served other archeologists such as Jean Perrot and Hermann Gasche in subsequent follow-up studies in the 1960s and 1970s in Iran.