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Tiny Lichens Are Eating Away At Persepolis, Threatening The Most Well-Known Ancient Site In Iran Built During The 6th Century B.C.
Since 1979, Persepolis has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It features massive sculptures and complex carvings of ancient Persian kings, nobles, and deities. But over the years, lichen has ...
Tehran Times1d
Iran takes legal action to seize historic coins sold at foreign auction
Iran’s General Directorate of Museums has announced that it has initiated legal measures to stop the sale of two historic ...
Tehran Times1d
Iran’s Lorestan claims world’s oldest animation originates from this province
Lorestan province’s tourism chief, Ata Hassanpour, has declared that the world’s oldest known animation originates from the ...
Kotaku9mon
Quest of Persia: The End of Innocence
He meets Leyla an archeologist who is working in the desert. She is trying to find out the secrets of Ancient Persian Sites. Together they have to fight the Iraqi Invasion army, while trying to ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs24d
From ancient Iran: The snake board game that time forgot, is now playable again
(photo credit: Jelveh and Moradi, Iran: Journal of the British ... The game, found at the archaeological site of Shahr-i Sokhta, offers a vivid glimpse into ancient pastimes and the cultural ...
Newsweek29d
Rules of Board Game From 4,000 Years Ago Revealed
Researchers have proposed a possible set of rules for an ancient board game ... in a grave at the Bronze Age site of Shahr-i Sokhta (SiS) in Sistan, southeastern Iran. The site preserves the ...