The archaeological landscape reflects the optimized utilization of natural topography and bears witness to the influence of Achaemenid and Parthian cultural traditions and of Roman art, which had a ...

TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological breakthrough, Iranian researchers have discovered what is believed to be the long-lost ...

TEHRAN - Restoration efforts have officially resumed at several key heritage sites within Persepolis, a famed UNESCO World ...

Cyrus the Great (r.550-530 BCE), founder of the Achaemenid Empire captured it around 540-539 BCE, and under his son Cambyses II (r.530-522 BCE) it became one of the four capitals of the empire ...