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Iran religious tourist destinations go Greek

2024-08-16 17:27

Greek audience gets to know Iran religious sites

TEHRAN - Iran has taken a significant step in promoting its rich heritage to a Greek audience by launching a new section dedicated to religious tourism on the “Iran Culture” website.

Persian darics were gold coins minted by the Persian Empire and feature the image of a crouched archer. (Image credit: Notion Archaeological Project, University of Michigan)

2024-08-03 18:38

Gold coins, believed to be minted in ancient Persia, discovered in Turkey

TEHRAN - Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a pot of buried treasure filled with ancient gold coins, believed to be minted in the Persian Empire.

2024-05-19 18:14

Xerxes tomb at Naqsh-e Rostam faces erosion threats

TEHRAN - Recent rains have created a relatively large hole below Xerxes I's rock-cut tomb, leading to a longitudinal crack across the Naqsh-e Rostam site.

2024-03-15 18:32

Iran’s natural beauty goes Greek

TEHRAN – To promote Ecotourism on one hand and introduce Iran’s natural wonders on the other hand, the “Nature Tourism” section has been launched on the Iranology website in the Greek language.

2023-11-10 16:44

Iran, Greece to hold workshop on photogrammetry and 3D modeling

TEHRAN – A number of Iranian cultural heritage experts and their Greek fellows will be holding a series of online workshops on digital tools and techniques such as photogrammetry and 3D modeling.

The rock-cut tomb at Naqsh-e Rostam, north of Persepolis, copying that of Darius the Great, is usually assumed to be that of Xerxes.

2023-10-11 18:00

Xerxes the Great’s rock-cut tomb under threat from climate change

TEHRAN - The rock-cut tomb of Xerxes I (l. 519-465, r. 486-465 BC), also known as Xerxes the Great, is under threat from land subsidence triggered by the climate change which is likely to speed decay, a cultural heritage expert said on Tuesday.

2023-10-10 17:55

Archaeologists still hoping to unearth Laodicea Temple despite vain attempts

TEHRAN—A team of archaeologists is still hoping to unearth the ancient Laodicea Temple despite several unsuccessful attempts, the latest of which ended recently in the city of Nahavand, west-central Iran.

2023-07-21 18:04

Lost ancient wonder: archaeologists remain hopeful in their pursuit of Laodicea Temple

TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologist Mohsen Khanjan has said he is still hoping to find Laodicea Temple following several failed attempts made in the city of Nahavand, west-central Iran.

2023-06-11 22:16

Ecbatana prepares to surmount obstacles in path of UNESCO registration

TEHRAN – Hamedan authorities have made an alternative road to replace the one passing through the legal boundaries of Ecbatana, which has been nominated for UNESCO status.

2023-05-05 19:49

London exhibit delves into luxury and power in Persia, Greece relations

TEHRAN - London’s British Museum is currently hosting a fascinating exhibition titled “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece”, which explores the relationship between luxury and political power in ancient Iran and southeastern Europe between 550-30 BC.

Fourth century BC golden ceremonial headgear from a Scythian king's burial mound in the Museum of Historical Treasures in Kyiv in September, 2022. (Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

2022-12-19 22:30

Gold treasures of ancient Iranian migrants break out another skirmish between Ukraine, Russia

TEHRAN – Uncertain fate of gold treasures, that once belonged to Scythians, Iranian nomadic people who migrated westward to southern Russia and Ukraine in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, has led to another skirmish between the two neighbors in the wake of the war in Ukraine.