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2023-02-27 23:49
Exquisite bronze relics ultimate sign of Lorestan civilization, official says
TEHRAN - Loristan Bronzes, a treasure of small cast objects that date from the Early Iron Age, is an ultimate icon of the Lorestan region in terms of civilization and artistic excellence, a local tourism director said on Sunday.
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2023-02-15 19:00
18 million visits to Iran's cultural heritage museums registered
TEHRAN – Iran’s cultural heritage museums saw over 18 million visitors as of the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2022), the director of museums and historical properties at the tourism ministry said on Tuesday.
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2023-02-08 23:34
Veteran curator and cultural heritage expert Abbas Etemad Fini dies
TEHRAN - Veteran Iranian museum curator, restorer, and cultural heritage expert Abbas Etemad Fini died on Tuesday after a period of illness.
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2023-02-05 22:30
Sassanid coins documented in Kerman
TEHRAN – A group of linguists and coinage experts has recently finished work on 250 Sassanid coins being kept in treasure troves of cultural heritage museums in Kerman province.
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2023-01-23 21:30
Massive cultural heritage museum under construction in Jiroft
TEHRAN – Construction work is underway to establish a vast cultural heritage museum in Jiroft, known as an ancient cradle of civilization in southern Iran.
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2023-01-23 19:29
Yazd to launch ‘bazaar museum’ of gold
TEHRAN – Tourism directorate of Yazd has announced an initiative to launch a “bazaar museum” of gold in the ancient city registered as the national city of handmade personal ornamentations.
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2023-01-22 22:00
Clock Tower of Tabriz to turn into museum
Tourism Desk – The Clock Tower of Tabriz, which is one of the most significant historical monuments of the ancient Iranian city, will be turned into a cultural heritage museum.
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2023-01-17 22:49
Iron Age earthenware restored in Semnan laboratory
TEHRAN – A number of ancient earthenware, estimated to date from the Iron Age, has recently been restored to the closest original state at a special laboratory in Semnan province.
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2023-01-14 20:00
Snow and freezing conditions close museums in 16 provinces
TEHRAN— On Saturday, snow and freezing conditions closed tens of cultural heritage museums and historical sites across 16 Iranian provinces.
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2023-01-11 22:00
Iron Age jars donated to Mashhad museum
TEHRAN - An Iranian woman has recently donated millennia-year-old clay jars to a cultural heritage museum in Mashhad, situated northeast of the country.
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2023-01-02 20:13
Iranian museums offer free admission on Jan. 3
TEHRAN – Tomorrow, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of General Qassem Soleimani on January 3, entry will be free to museums and historical sites across Iran.
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2022-12-19 22:30
Gold treasures of ancient Iranian migrants break out another skirmish between Ukraine, Russia
TEHRAN – Uncertain fate of gold treasures, that once belonged to Scythians, Iranian nomadic people who migrated westward to southern Russia and Ukraine in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, has led to another skirmish between the two neighbors in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
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2022-12-13 18:42
Launching museum dedicated to martyr Soleimani on agenda
TEHRAN – A museum dedicated to Iranian popular commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani is planned to be launched in the near future, IRNA quoted his daughter Narjes as saying.
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2022-12-03 21:30
17,000 relics kept in Sassanid fort's treasure trove
TEHRAN– Some 17,000 museum objects are being kept at the treasure trove of Qale Falak-ol-Aflak, which is a Sassanid era (224–651) fortress located in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province.
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2022-12-03 19:06
How important was music in ancient Iran?
TEHRAN - Music has long been a significant fragment of life for many ancient cultures. Playing music in celebrations and dances, in sorrows and wars and battles, can be traced through millennia-old bas-relief carvings, clay tablets, and the remnants of primitive instruments.
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2022-11-09 22:53
Ilam to renovate tourism amenities in museum dedicated to Sacred Defense
TEHRAN—Cultural heritage department of Ilam seeks to renew tourism amenities in one of its war museums, which is dedicated to Sacred Defense.
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2022-11-08 20:30
Mothers of three given discount of 50% to tour museums
TEHRAN–Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts has approved a scheme based on which mothers of three children enjoy half-price tickets for museums and historical sites.
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2022-11-06 20:00
Mashhad museum draws 13,000 foreign nationals in H1
TEHRAN— Over 13,000 foreign travelers paid visits to Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum and Library, which is located in Mashhad, northeast Iran.
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2022-10-21 19:30
104,000 visits to West Azarbaijan museums registered in year
TEHRAN–West Azarbaijan province has registered some 104,000 visits to its cultural heritage museums over the past Iranian calendar year (which ended on March 20), a local official has said.
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2022-10-12 20:30
Museum dedicated to handicrafts to open doors in Ardabil
TEHRAN—A museum dedicated to Iranian handicrafts and traditional arts is scheduled to be inaugurated in Ardabil province, northwestern Iran, in the near future, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2022-09-20 19:03
National Museum, Italian university explore ways to strengthen ties
TEHRAN—The National Museum of Iran on Tuesday said it has negotiated with Italy's Salento University to explore ways to foster collaboration.
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2022-09-12 18:47
A very memorable trip to the past: Ardabil Anthropology Museum
TEHRAN - One of the main delights of this spacious museum in a former bathhouse is various life-sized wax figures depicting scenes of life centuries ago.
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2022-09-07 18:43
Archaeologists in Iran unearth 5,700-year-old skeleton of baby buried in wall foundation
TEHRAN - Archaeologists excavating Sialk hills in central Iran, recently made a macabre discovery: a 5,700-year-old wall foundation containing the skeleton of a baby.
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2022-09-06 20:30
Piranshahr in need of archaeological museum: official
TEHRAN—Piranshahr, which is home to tens of ancient sites, needs an archaeological museum, the tourism chief of the northwestern Iranian city said on Monday.
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2022-08-27 19:00
Khaf, an open-air museum of ancient mosques
One of the ancient yet spectacular towns of Khorasan Razavi province is Khaf, which is somehow an open-air museum of centuries-old mosques with significant architecture in northeast Iran.
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2022-08-01 20:14
Mausoleum, where ‘Napoleon of Persia’ is laid to rest
TEHRAN— Elsewhere in Iran, Nader Shah (August 1688 – 19 June 1747) might be considered someone like a historical tyrant. But here he is a national hero.
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2022-07-29 20:54
National Museum publishes second issue of its Iran journal
TEHRAN - The National Museum of Iran has recently published the second issue of its prestigious journal, which includes scientific studies and articles on archaeology, museum management and restoration.
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2022-07-27 19:04
2,700-year-old bricks on view at Urmia Museum of Archaeology
TEHRAN – A collection of rare Mannaean bricks, which date back some 2700 years, has been put on show at the Urmia Museum of Archaeology in northwest Iran.
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2022-07-26 21:00
Objects from primitive tribes to be added to Omidvar Brothers’ Museum
TEHRAN – Retired Iranian globetrotter Issa Omidvar, whose brother Abdollah passed away earlier this month, has said more objects they collected from primitive tribes in the 1950s will be added to their museum located in northern Tehran.
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2022-07-26 20:59
Shahr-e Yeri to embrace special archaeological base, tourism minister says
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister on Monday said a special archaeological base will be constructed in Shahr-e Yeri, a unique archaeological site in northwest Iran, which is sometimes referred to as the “city of the mouthless”.