Young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months. “We have a fearless young ...

When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could ...

This video traces Iran’s earliest civilizations, beginning with the Elamites and moving through the rise of the Achaemenid ...

For nearly two-and-a-half decades before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the boundary-pushing artist captivated audiences in ...

Fires in drought-stricken Iran are threatening ancient forests that are home to endangered species. Also, Ireland considers making a program permanent that would provide a stable income for artists.

Iran has been battling its worst drought in more than six decades. A blaze in the north has now eaten through parts of the ...

Once considered on the brink of disappearance, the ancient art of Xinjiang Uygur Muqam is not only alive today but steadily ...

My country, I will build you again, / if need be, with bricks made from my life.”  That line from Iranian poet Simin ...

Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a ...

About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity ...

As tensions between Israel and Iran remain high following the 12-day war between the two countries last June, an Israeli with Persian roots is offering a message of unity by organizing Israel’s first ...

Last week, Tehran held a big party. As it is controlled by the hardliner Alireza Zakani, Tehran municipality is not known for its love of music or public concerts, but this was a special occasion.