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2021-09-12 21:54
Under one roof: 5,000 years of Iranian arts and culture that are still unknown to many
TEHRAN - Iran has been home to some of the greatest civilizations of both the ancient and medieval worlds, but these achievements are now little known outside the country.
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2020-10-28 23:26
Cyrus Cylinder: the story of 2,600-year-old icon of freedom
TEHRAN - The 2,600-year-old Cyrus Cylinder is a small barrel-shaped clay cylinder, almost the size of an American football, which was inscribed in enigmatic-looking cuneiform on the order of the Persian King Cyrus after he captured Babylon in 539 BC.
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2020-07-04 23:04
Roofing covers of ‘winged human’, palaces replaced at Pasargadae
TEHRAN – The four-year-old roofing covers of the magnificent “winged human” bas-relief and several other ruined palaces at the UNESCO-registered Pasargadae in southern Iran have recently been replaced.
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2019-12-23 21:12
Magnetic survey reveals two stone structures in Pasargadae
TEHRAN – A recent magnetic survey conducted by a team of Iranian and French interdisciplinary experts suggests that two historical stone structures exist beneath the UNESCO-registered Pasargadae in southern Iran.
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2019-11-09 17:49
Fourth Baran Auction set for Friday
TEHRAN – The fourth edition of the Baran Auction, an annual sale of calligraphic paintings and calligraphy works, will be organized at the Rayzan International Conference Center in Tehran on Friday.
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2018-10-10 22:06
Aban 7th can be turned into tourism event, Mounesan says
TEHRAN – The seventh day of the seventh Iranian calendar month of Aban - the anniversary of the entrance of Cyrus the Great (r. 559–530 BC) into Babylon - can be turned into a tourism event, Iran’s tourism chief Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Tuesday.
