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  • Workshops to revive traditional blacksmithing in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 2021-10-17 20:30

    Workshops to revive traditional blacksmithing in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

    TEHRAN – Several old-hand masters of blacksmithing have been invited to help revive the traditional skills of the craft that is on the verge of oblivion across Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwest Iran.

  • A late Timurid/early Safavid tinned-copper bowl. Iran, late 15th/early 16th century. 2021-09-11 20:30

    Glimpses of copper and coppersmithing in ancient Iran

    TEHRAN - History on the usage of copper is best understood when studied under the three stages of its use throughout human life namely, the Chalcolithic or Copper Age, Bronze Age, and the ancient times. And some anthropologists believe copper to be the first metal used by humans due to its softness and ease of manipulation.