Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 244, 00186 Roma www.ismeo.eu ismeo@ismeo.eu With deep condolences and emotion, ISMEO announces the death, which took place on May 5, 2025 in his home in Castelgiuliano, of Professor Raniero Gnoli, one of the most authoritative Indologists of the twentieth century, ordinary member of Giuseppe Tucci's IsMEO (later of Gherardo Gnoli), in whose Oriental Series Rome published practically all his fundamental Indological works. He has been an honorary member of ISMEO since its refoundation in 2012. Prof. Raniero Gnoli was the elder brother of Prof. Gherardo Gnoli, in turn one of the greatest Iranians of his time, who directed - after Tucci - with great energy and authority the IsMEO (1979-1995) and then the IsIAO (1995-2011) until its dissolution decreed by the...