Iran is displaying hundreds of ancient and Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years and all of them recently brought back home from museums and collections in Western countries.

Legal dispute over Persepolis tablets threatens international lending of cultural assets. [ briefs ] In 1930, archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld came across 30,000 clay tablets on a dig in the ancient city ...

Although it has remained for 2,500 years a collection of toppled columns, ornate but broken sculptures of majestic bulls, and eroded carvings of subjects bearing tributes, Persepolis in its ruins is a ...

Ancient Persia is a favorite setting for artists making Orientalist art. Scholar Edward Said defined Orientalism as the perceived distinction between the Orient (cultures and places deemed ...

The Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BC -- Map -- Time Line of Achaemenid Kings -- Persia Before the Persians / Timothy Potts -- Shifting Identities in Pre-Achaemenid Iran: Elamites, Medes, and Persians / ...

Chromium steel—similar to what we know today as tool steel—was first made in Persia, nearly a millennium earlier than experts previously thought, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The ...

The santur, an ancient musical instrument with roots in the region now known as Iran, holds a rich history and influence across various cultures. Dating back to 669 B.C., it graced Assyrian and ...

MR. HUART'S book on ancient Persia contains a very good account of the cultural history of old Iran. A vivid picture of the country, and an account of the scripts in which Persian texts have been ...

As the sun began to rise and shine its rays of warmth on the hot southern coast of Iran, a Range Rover started to drive towards the cooler areas of the country before the heat started to accumulate.

Music that will take you to the driest places of Iran; that will unveil for you the mysticism of ancient Persia; and that will broaden your cultural perspective to the limit—this is what the latest ...

Chromium steel -- similar to what we know today as tool steel -- was first made in Persia, nearly a millennium earlier than experts previously thought, according to a new study. Chromium steel -- ...