(Borna_Mir/ Adobe Stock) As visitors to Persepolis, capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, entered the city, they would approach a stone terrace on which a palatial precinct rose 40 feet above ...

Iran, a land of ancient civilizations and rich cultural heritage, is home to some of the world's most fascinating historical ...

The long-standing displacement of priceless artifacts exposes the ongoing legacy of colonialism, urging the world to restore ...

Parts of Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire, which is near modern-day Shiraz, Iran, are protected today as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Persepolis, an ancient city located ... it served as the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The city is a testament to the grandeur and sophistication of Persian ...

Persepolis is rarely mentioned by any name in foreign records, which instead places more emphasis on other Achaemenid capitals like Babylon ... In comparison to the Persian Empire, which stretched ...

Following extensive technical studies, the Persepolis World Heritage Site announced that a protection and restoration project for the historic inscription of Darius the Great will begin this week.

Visitors to modern-day Iran can see remains of the empire at Persepolis, Susa and Pasargadae, the first capital of the Achaemenid Empire. While in northern Greece you’ll find Pella, the ruined ...

In the second part of his interview, Filippo Pedron shares how his linguistic expertise sheds new light on the Persepolis archives, revealing untold stories of labor and power in the Achaemenid Empire ...

AMMAN — Achaemenid Empire (559 BC – 330 BC ... is a mixture sculpture art between the funeral sculptures of Greece and the architectural bas-reliefs of Persepolis, noted a Jordanian scholar. "In other ...

The inscription of Darius I, known as the "First Command of Darius the Great," is the largest inscription at Persepolis, the ancient ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Experts and ...