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 ...
Persepolis, Old Persian Parsa, or modern Takht-e Jamshid is an ancient capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of Iran (Persia), located about 50 km northeast of Shiraz in the Fars region of ...
A multinational Nowruz remembrance was held at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Persepolis, bringing together ambassadors ...
Videos circulated on social media showing water overflowing from Persepolis’ staircases, raising concerns about severe flooding similar to past years before the discovery and cleaning of these ancient ...
This little known documentary short is actually the first Iranian film to compete in the Cannes festival It is one of several Iranian documentaries focused on the ancient ruins of Persepolis a ...
For five thousand miles the Silk Road ran all the way from China’s ancient capital, through Central Asia. It passed through mythical cities such as Samarkand or Persepolis until it reached the ...