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2020-12-22 20:49
Urmia University’s campus to be turned into garden museum
TEHRAN – The Urmia University plans to turn its historical campus into a garden museum, president of the northwestern Iranian university has said.
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2020-12-21 22:55
Ancient column base discovered in garden southern Iran
TEHRAN – The pedestal and base of a historical stone column, believed to date from the Achaemenid era, has recently been a discovered in a garden, southern Iran.
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2020-12-07 23:13
Restoration work exposes ancient brick flooring in garden
TEHRAN – Segments of an ancient brick flooring have been unearthed in a restoration project at the Golestan Garden of Khorramabad, western Iran. The Persian garden is situated adjacent to the Sassanid-era Falak-ol-Aflak Fortress in Lorestan province.
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2020-09-27 23:56
Ready for a time travel? Just cross the threshold of Zaman Museum in Tehran
TEHRAN – In lots of places, “time” is just a self-evident concept people designed, and the universe really does not verify that seconds, minutes, or hours really exist. A day on earth is directly measured by the stances of the Sun.
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2020-06-08 18:24
Smell of life: Rose harvest offers jobs to women
Farmers, including women and young adults, are harvesting delicate purple petals of damask rose flowers in a garden field in Iran’s Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, June 4, 2020. They work quickly to gather petals as much as they can before the sun gets too hot.
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2020-05-08 11:43
Tiran-Karvan home to enigmatic stone doors
Tiran-Karvan county in central Iran is somewhat known for its enigmatic stone doors that lead to backyard of many houses.
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2020-04-11 23:39
By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas
Meet the most peculiar Iranian garden in desert
TEHRAN - Originally, it was a way to protest against the government policies but the genius plan led to the construction of something wonderful that invites thousands of visitors every year.
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2020-03-14 21:16
Bagh-e Narenjestan: One of the smallest yet most visited gardens of Shiraz
TEHRAN - Named after the bitter oranges that line the central courtyard, Bagh-e Narenjestan is one of the brilliantly manicured gardens of Shiraz. Bitter oranges are “Narenj” in Persian.
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2020-01-03 18:14
Porticos, arches, domes and gardens, key elements of Persian architecture
TEHRAN – Iran has inherited numerous architectural traditions over the course of history. The Elamite, Achaemenian, Hellenistic, and other pre-Islamic and Islamic-era dynasties have left striking stone testaments to their greatness, such as Chogha Zanbil and Persepolis—both of which were designated UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1979.
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2019-12-24 19:27
Newly-excavated site yields pre-historic to Islamic-era relics in Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists and researchers has recently unearthed pre-historic to Islamic-era relics and fragments of objects from a piece of land, which is speculated to be once a historical cemetery, in Asiabsar village, northern Mazandaran province.
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2019-08-26 17:54
A glance at essential elements of traditional architecture in Iran
TEHRAN - Persian architecture has a long and complex history. The Elamite, Achaemenian, Hellenistic, and other pre-Islamic dynasties left striking stone testaments to their greatness, such as Chogha Zanbil and Persepolis—both designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1979.
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2019-06-26 20:05
Iranian Garden, microcosm of paradise on Earth!
For millennia, Iranian gardens have combined the beauty of nature with the aesthetic qualities of art and architecture to create a symbolic representation of paradise on Earth.
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2017-12-17 09:39
A peek into Iran’s first modern university
TEHRAN - A photo collection captures views of Dar ul-Funun, a mid-19th century scholastic center in downtown Tehran, which marks the start of modern education in Iran.