Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran"s most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments. The fight, ...

Mohammad-Javad Jafari, director of the Persepolis World Heritage site, said farming in the site’s first-degree buffer zone is allowed only under tightly controlled conditions and that changes to ...

From one point of view, its history stretches back to 224 CE, when a Persian nobleman named Ardashir, son of Papak, son of Sasan, dethroned the lawful ruler in Persia, Artabanus IV, king of the ...

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.

Thanks to the miracle of modern electronics, plus a taste for theater honed as a college student in Chicago, Farzin Rezaeian has restored the glory of ancient Persia–at least to the silver screen. “As ...

The ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. This is a rare place that ...

Much of what is known of ancient Persia's history has been informed by studies of the magnificent site of Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC.

Legal dispute over Persepolis tablets threatens international lending of cultural assets. [ briefs ] In 1930, archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld came across 30,000 clay tablets on a dig in the ancient city ...

A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute will give visitors a rare glimpse inside the ancient city of Persepolis. “Persepolis: Images of an Empire,” which opens Oct. 13, includes archival ...

Built in the 6th century BC, Persepolis has withstood destruction, looting, earthquakes, fires and harsh weather — ATTA KENARE Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are ...

Conservationists wage delicate battle against lichens eroding millennia-old monuments Persepolis: Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against ...

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments. The fight, ...