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2024-03-11 17:32
Historical carriages, chariots on show at Tehran car museum
TEHRAN – A special section dedicated to historical carriages and chariots was officially inaugurated at Iran's National Car Museum, which is located in western Tehran.
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2023-11-18 23:09
Engraved stone object discovered in Sadabad palace complex
TEHRAN – Service workers in the Sadabad Cultural-Historical Complex have found a highly engraved object made of stone while patrolling in the courtyards of the former royal palace.
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2023-10-15 17:43
Koshk-e Ahmad Shahi: column of majestic pavilion restored
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts has recently restored one of the columns that supports Koshk-e Ahmad Shahi, a majestic royal pavilion standing inside the Niavaran palace complex in northern Iran.
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2023-08-07 18:28
UNESCO-designated edifices undergo photogrammetric documentation
TEHRAN – A photogrammetric documentation project has commenced on two of the iconic edifices inside the UNESCO-registered Golestan Palace in downtown Tehran.
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2023-07-19 18:29
From soldier to prince: new perspective emerges on recovered Sassanian relief
TEHRAN – An Iranian researcher specializing in Sassanid bas-reliefs believes that a recently recovered relief from the UK depicts a prince or a man of royal blood, not a soldier.
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2023-07-16 18:18
Pictures, memorabilia of king’s assassination on view at Tehran show
TEHRAN – A Tehran exhibit has put on show arrays of little-seen black-and-white images, letters, and other 19th-century objects concerning the assassination of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar who reigned from 1848 to 1896.
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2023-01-22 18:27
Visit Firuzabad, once politico-cultural capital of Sassanids
TEHRAN - Firuzabad, formerly known as Gur, was once a politico-cultural capital of the Sassanid Empire (224–651).
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2022-03-13 21:46
Archaeologists carve special drainage to shield royal bas-relief in Persepolis
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists has carved a precise drainage system behind a royal bas-relief in the UNESCO-registered Persepolis in order to protect the massive rock-carved art from absorbing moisture which accelerates its erosion.
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2021-12-11 21:35
By Afshin Majlesi
Sold! Iranian treasures went under the hammer in London auction
TEHRAN – On December 8, two majestic royal gold plaques among other ancient Iranian treasures went under the hammer for hundreds of thousands of pounds at Christie’s in London.
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2021-12-01 17:28
Istakhr, once legendary residence of Persian kings
TEHRAN – The ancient city of Istakhr was the seat of local governments and a royal residence of Persian kings during the Sassanid era. Moreover, it acquired importance as a center of priestly wisdom and orthodoxy.