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To explore the role of Keyumars in Iranian cosmology and visual culture by analyzing mythic narratives and material artifacts.

July 26, 2026Open Access

The Cosmological Primacy of Keyumars: Mountain Spaces, Lithic Articulations, and Body Aesthetics in the Dawn of Iranian Visual Culture.

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The study reveals the significance of Keyumars in shaping Iranian identity through myth and material culture.

To explore the role of Keyumars in Iranian cosmology and visual culture by analyzing mythic narratives and material artifacts.
Applied spatial semiotics and cultural memory theory to analyze domains of mountain spatiality, lithic production, and aesthetics.
Examined Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh alongside archaeological records from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in Iran.
Critiqued historiographical models of Indo-Near Eastern origins through comparative analysis.
Identified Keyumars as a conceptual model rather than a historical figure, influencing Iranian identity.
Mapped cognitive environments of early communities through the study of spatial and material culture.
Framed Paleolithic rock art as early graphic storytelling, challenging previous interpretations of prehistoric marks.

Maryam Gomizi (2026) studied this question.

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