Photos: Historical Zinat al-Molk house
ISNA | Mohammad Reza Dehdari: “Zinat al-Molk House” is a historical building made in Shiraz City of Iran during the reign of…
Tag Archives: Cultural Heritage
Remnants of ancient wall identified in Iran
Archaeology – Live Science reports that traces of a poorly preserved stone wall stretching southward 71 miles from the Bamu Mountains has…
Iran to hold exhibition of common heritage in 10 ECO member states
MNA – On the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, an exhibition of research tableaus on ‘Common Culture and History…
Explorers claim they found Noah’s Ark on top of mountain in Iran
New York Post – Noah’s Ark has been discovered on top of a mountain in Iran after petrified wooden beams were found…
Stolen Achaemenid bas-relief returned to Iran
MNA – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said a bas-relief of…
Ancient relics found under rubble of house collapse in Iran
IFP – After the collapse of an old house in the Iranian city of Zanjan, some antique dishes have been found which…
Ancient pottery kiln found in Southern Tehran
IFP – Archaeologists have found a pottery kiln built in early post-Islamic era in Iran’s Shahr-e Rey, describing it as one of…
‘Chovgan’ registered as Iran’s cultural heritage, not any other country
MNA – President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th session of…
5,000-year old antique found in SE Iran
IRNA – Three items of antique were found in Jiroft, southeastern Iran, said the commander of the protection unit of the Cultural…
Photos: Persian architecture; house of Ayatollah Modarres
IFP – The house of Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Modarres, a prominent Iranian lawmaker in early 20th century, is a historical building in…
Photos: Pre-historic rock arts of Teymareh mountain
Tasnim | Mostafa Gholamnejad: Teymareh is an ancient region with thousands of pre-historic petroglyphs located in the middle of Isfahan, Markazi and…
New evidence of Urbanization discovered in eastern Iran
IRNA – The probing operations aimed at stratigraphy in Kalleh Koub Isak site in South Khorasan Province revealed new evidence from the…
Limits of 9000-year-old enclosure determined in Shahroud
IRNA – The 9000-year-old Emadeddin enclosure which is the seventh site of the Neolithic period enjoying the oldest culture of village dwelling…
Ancient site belonging to 5th millennium BCE discovered in Southern Iran
IFP – A historical site belonging to the fifth millennium BCE has been discovered in a port city in Bushehr province, southern…
Italy returns smuggled stone inscription to Iran
IRNA – Italian police returned a 17th century gravestone which has been smuggled out of Iran to the Iranian Embassy in Rome.…
Museums welcome visitors during holidays
Financial Tribune- Museums and cultural centers under the auspices of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will be open during the…
4500-year-old antique trophy uncovered in Jiroft
MNA – Public and Revolution Prosecutor Hossein Salami revealed the discovery of a 4,500-year-old antique trophy in Jiroft, Kerman province. An antique…
Iranian Cyrus Cylinder to be put on UNESCO Heritage List
IRNA — Cyrus Cylinder will be registered on the UNESCO world heritage list, according to Sousan Asili, Member of the National Committee…
Iran ready to help preserve Iranian ancient sites in Iraq
IFP – An Iranian official says the country is prepared to help the Baghdad government preserve a number of historic sites in…
Familiarization tours for foreign media can help publicize Iran attractions
Financial Tribune – Officials from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Revitalization and Utilization Fund for Historical Places (known…
Archeologists launch 16th season of explorations in Burnt City
IRNA – Archeologists have started the 16th season of archeological research and explorations in the Burnt City. ‘The study aims at focusing…
Iranian Gundi-Shapur University on UNESCO celebration list
IRNA – The 1750th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Gundi-Shapur has been included in the celebration list of the…
Two ancient skeletons discovered in central Iran
IFP – Iranian archeologists have started investigating two ancient skeletons of a man and a woman recently discovered in the central province…
Iran to launch museum in Persepolis ancient site
IRNA – The newly discovered gateway to the city of Parse in the Persepolis, located in Iran’s Fars Province near Shiraz, will…
Photos: Iranian felt-making art on road to UNESCO list
IRNA – Felt is one of the traditional handicrafts commonly made by nomadic people in Iran. Shahrekord in the country’s southwest, as…
$29m of private funds for Isfahan projects
Financial Tribune – Private investors have pledged 1.1 trillion rials ($29 million) for cultural heritage projects in Isfahan Province to help launch…
Historical city of Yazd inscribed as world heritage site
IFP – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the historical structure of Yazd in central Iran to…
UNESCO to vote on Yazd heritage status
Financial Tribune – The ancient city of Yazd in central Iran will be considered for world heritage status this year when the…
Two-millennia-old underground city unearthed in Iran
IFP- After more than a decade of excavations, archaeologists unearthed a two-millennia-old subterranean city in Iran’s Samen, Hamedan Province. The city, located…
450 Iranian relics to go on display in Germany
IFP – Director of Iran’s Museums and Historical Properties Office Mohammad Reza Kargar announced that nearly 450 historical objects are planned to…
Photos: Persepolis hosts Nowruz tourists
FNA | Amin Faezi: UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Persepolis hosts guests from across Iran and the world during the Nowruz holidays.
34 incredibly beautiful reasons to visit Iran
CNN– For good or bad, it seems like everyone’s talking about Iran these days. One look at this collection of images reveals…
Discovery of unique 7000-year old pottery in West of Iran
IRNA – Pottery pieces unique in terms of the single color and bi-color illustrations dating back to the Dalma Culture have been…
Special condition of Golestan Palace against Earthquake
IRNA – An urban development specialist said the location of Golestan Palace has created a specific condition for this historical establishment against…
Iran, China archeologists start joint Burnt City explorations
IRNA – The sixth season of archeological explorations has been started in Tappeh Sadeq, one of the satellite hills of the Burnt…
One single step left to retrieval of Achaemenid inscriptions from US
IFP- According to a Farsi report by ISNA, Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions, which consisted of more than 30,000 clay tablets, were delivered to…
2500-Year-Old Iranian carpet kept in Russia’s Hermitage Museum
IFP- According to a Farsi report by YJC, a room in Hermitage Museum, one of the world’s largest museums of art and…
Iranian cultural exhibits on display at Heritage Museum
Dawn– A redesigned and improved Iranian Cultural Link Passage in the Heritage Museum of Lok Virsa opened its door to public on…
Teen hits back at ISIS by sculpting Nimrud’s ruined artifacts
CNN– When footage emerged of ISIS destroying the ancient city of Nimrud outside Mosul, the world stood powerless in the face of…
How NGOs are helping preserve Syria’s heritage
Al Monitor| Florence Massena: Some of Syria’s endangered antiquities could find a safe haven in Europe. French President Francois Hollande announced Nov. 1…