Isfahan is a city steeped in history and culture, home to some of Iran's most stunning ancient sites, including bridges, palaces, tiled mosques, minarets and expansive boulevards. READ MORE ...

Oriental Institute Photographic Archives This collection includes all the spectacular aerial photographs of ancient sites in Iran taken by Ernst Herzfeld between 1935 and 1937. The next four maps were ...

or modern Takht-e Jamshid is an ancient capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of Iran (Persia), located about 50 km northeast of Shiraz in the Fars region of southwestern Iran. In 1979 the ...

None decided to purchase the new fighter. One potential buyer was interested, however: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the final Shah of Iran. Pahlavi was the autocratic ruler of Iran, installed after ...

He meets Leyla an archeologist who is working in the desert. She is trying to find out the secrets of Ancient Persian Sites. Together they have to fight the Iraqi Invasion army, while trying to ...

Additionally, many cultural heritage sites will remain open for visitors after Iftar ... Nowruzgahs, launched in 2015, are cultural events designed to revive and promote the ancient traditions of Iran ...

The presence of lichens on Iran’s ancient monuments remains a conservation challenge ... Last year, the director of the Persepolis World Heritage Site, noted that research and field investigation for ...