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2025-06-08 17:15
Rare Sassanid-era inscription condemning break of promise discovered in Marvdasht, southern Iran
TEHRAN - A rare Sassanid-era inscription believed to condemn the act of betrayal and uphold the sanctity of loyalty and oaths has been discovered in the mountainous region of Marvdasht, Fars province, according to historian Dr. Abolhassan Atabaki.
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2025-04-29 17:57
Grave stone inscription pertaining to Sassanid era identified in Fars province
TEHRAN - A historical grave stone inscription has been identified in the city of Abadeh, Fars province, Abolhassan Atabaki, a researcher said.
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2024-12-10 17:15
Plans to safeguard 2800-year-old Urartu inscription announced
TEHRAN – East Azarbaijan’s deputy director for cultural heritage has shed light on ongoing efforts to protect the ancient Urartu-era cuneiform inscription in the Nashtiban region of the northwestern province.
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2024-09-16 17:58
Urartu-era cuneiform inscription vandalized in northwest Iran
TEHRAN - Treasure hunters have vandalized an ancient cuneiform inscription and Iron Age cemetery in East Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran.
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2024-07-22 17:14
Ancient inscriptions, written in Pahlavi scripts, deciphered
TEHRAN – A number of ancient inscriptions, written in Pahlavi scripts, have recently been deciphered at a newly established museum located near the city of Aran-va-Bidgol in the heart of Iran.
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2024-04-20 18:02
Lichens threaten Iran heritage sites; Bisotun leads most severe erosion
TEHRAN - For more than two decades, experts and cultural heritage specialists have been reporting on the crisis of lichen penetration in some of Iran’s cultural heritage sites and monuments.
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2024-02-27 18:03
Preserving regional languages helps fortify standard Persian, linguist says
TEHRAN – “Translation of paramount Persian books to regional languages serves as a testament to the fact that linguistic justice is not a threat but also works in favor of fostering the standard Persian language,” an Iranian linguist has said.
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2023-10-29 17:20
Maritime Silk Road: Discover East Asian inscription with Persian words
TEHRAN – The Galle Trilingual Inscription is a stone tablet that bears an inscription in three languages, Chinese, Tamil, and Persian.
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2023-10-28 17:56
Leather inscriptions dating from Sassanid era discovered in cave
TEHRAN – An archaeological dig conducted in a central Iranian cave has yielded inscriptions carved on leather pieces estimated to date from the Sassanid era (224 CE–651).
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2023-09-30 18:31
Technical committee formed to formulate Ganjnameh protection
TEHRAN—Iran’s tourism ministry has established a technical committee tasked to formulate scientific ways to further protect Ganjnameh from natural and human-made threats.
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2023-06-13 19:40
Persian inscription identified on mosque mihrab in Russia
TEHRAN – A centuries-old inscription bearing a Persian poem has been identified in a mosque located in the Russian city of Derbent situated on the western shores of the Caspian Sea, in present-day Dagestan.
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2023-05-10 18:02
Sassanid inscription bearing prayer for mental health discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts have found a rack-carved Sassanid inscription that bears prayer for mental health.
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2022-10-18 19:17
Isfahan opens permanent exhibit dedicated to historical inscriptions and stones
TEHRAN—Isfahan’s first permanent exhibition of historical inscriptions and stones has opened to the public, the provincial tourism chief has said.