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2022-05-28 21:04
Emerging technologies to evolve restorations in Iran, expert says
TEHRAN – In recent years, Iran has sought to improve methods of restoring historical sites by using new technologies, an official with the Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism has said.
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2022-04-25 20:00
Paris-Persepolis drivers arrive on Iranian soil
TEHRAN – Participants in a Paris-Persepolis eco-rally have entered the Iranian soil on their itinerary towards what was once the capital of Achaemenid Persia.
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2021-12-18 17:33
Rock climbers start cleaning high walls of absolute grandeur
TEHRAN – A clean-up project has recently been commenced on the Tomb of Darius I in Naqsh-e Rostam and the Wall of Sofeh in the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Fars province, the director of the World Heritage site has announced.
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2021-10-29 18:53
$4.7 million allocated to UNESCO-designated Pasargadae
TEHRAN – Iranian government has allocated a sum of 200 billion rials (about $4.7 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) to develop tourism infrastructure at the UNESCO-designated Pasargadae.
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2021-06-22 21:02
10 Iran travel destinations you must see
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2021-03-05 18:08
New light shed on Persepolis
TEHRAN – An archaeological discovery lately been made in the vicinity of Persepolis has shed new light on the once ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid empire.
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2021-02-19 20:03
No harm to Fars historical sites by quake
TEHRAN – No [noticeable] damage has been reported to cultural heritage sites across Fars province as the result of the medium-sized quake hit southwest Iran late on February 17, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-02-17 21:12
Ecosystem of Marvdasht, once seat of power for Achaemenid Empire, souled be safeguarded: official
TEHRAN – The biome and ecosystem of Marvdasht plain, which is home to the UNESCO-registered sites of Persepolis and Pasargadae as well as tens of other magnificent structures, souled be safeguarded properly, the director of Persepolis site underlined on Wednesday.
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2021-02-01 21:36
Archaeologists probe Tol-e Qaleh near Persepolis
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts have commenced a new round of investigation into Tol-e Qaleh, a prehistoric site situated adjacent to the UNESCO-registered Persepolis in southern Iran.
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2020-11-22 20:26
UNESCO-registered Persepolis digitizing documents
TEHRAN –Thousands of historical documents of the UNESCO-tagged site of Persepolis, dating back from the 1930s to the present day, are being classified and digitized.
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2020-11-09 21:24
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
Journey to the past: a glimpse of Tehran-Rome projects in archaeology
Tehran and Rome have enhanced cooperation over the past couple of decades, with the arenas of archaeology and cultural heritage at the topmost level.
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2020-09-07 21:54
Archaeological survey finds prehistorical hatch to Apadana Palace in Persepolis
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have recently discovered a prehistorical hatch to Apadana Palace, a majestic ruined royal complex within the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Iran.
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2020-06-21 00:55
Tourism projects worth $1.1m to get off the ground in Fars
TEHRAN – A total of seven tourism-related projects, worth over 50 billion rials (about $1.1m), are scheduled to be completed in the southern province of Fars by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021), provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-06-15 22:39
Hadish Palace being restored
TEHRAN – The northwestern gate of Hadish Palace in UNESCO-registered Persepolis in the southern province of Fars, has undergone some urgent rehabilitation works, CHTN reported.