ISNA | Mohammad Reza Dehdari: Zinat al-Molk House is a historical building made in Shiraz City of Iran during the reign of the Qajar Dynasty. The House boasts amazing architecture and the art of ?ina-k?ri (a kind of interior decoration made by Iranian artists who assemble finely cut mirrors together in geometric, calligraphic or foliage forms.), as ...

Archaeology - Live Science reports that traces of a poorly preserved stone wall stretching southward 71 miles from the Bamu Mountains has been identified in western Iran by a team of archaeologists led by Sajjad Alibaigi of Razi University. Pottery found along the structure, known to locals as the Gawri Wall, has been dated to the fourth century ...

MNA On the occasion of 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, an exhibition of research tableaus on Common Culture and History in ECO Region will be held in 10 ECO member states. Morteza Rezvanfar, a Faculty Member of Research Center for Linguistics, Inscriptions and Texts of Today said implementation of a project on studying Persian inscriptions ...

New York Post - Noahs Ark has been discovered on top of a mountain in Iran after petrified wooden beams were found on the summit, according to the latest conspiracy theories. Researchers from theBible Archaeology, Search & Exploration Instituteclaim there is strong evidence that the ship is on the mountain of Takht-e-Suleiman. The BASE group ...

MNA Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said a bas-relief of Achaemenid era, stolen from Iran at a point around 90 years ago, was finally found in New York and after the court ordered the piece to be returned to Iran, it was sent back to its homeland on Tuesday. The ...

IFP - After the collapse of an old house in the Iranian city of Zanjan, some antique dishes have been found which experts say date back to almost 1,000 years ago. Abolfazl Aali, the director of the research office at the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Zanjan Province, said the discovered relics prove the old history ...

IFP - Archaeologists have found a pottery kiln built in early post-Islamic era in Irans Shahr-e Rey, describing it as one of the most important evidence of the significance of the city during pre-Islamic times. The kiln has been found in Bahram hill in Moqim Abad of Shahr-e Rey, an ancient city south of the Iranian capital. Bahram Mousavinia,...

MNA President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as Irans cultural heritage, contrary to the claims of some other countries, like Azerbaijan. Chovgan is played on horseback ...

IRNA Three items of antique were found in Jiroft, southeastern Iran, said the commander of the protection unit of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. 'The experts of antiques are examining the discovered material, and further details will be published later,' said Colonel Reza Mohammad-Rezaee on Monday evening. Civilization ...

IFP - The house of Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Modarres, a prominent Iranian lawmaker in early 20th century, is a historical building in central Tehran which has been rebuilt into a house museum. The house was purchased by a philanthropist named Mohammad Ansari in 2014 and restored into its current form shortly afterwards. The house, located ...

Tasnim | Mostafa Gholamnejad: Teymareh is an ancient region with thousands of pre-historic petroglyphs located in the middle of Isfahan, Markazi and Lorestan provinces in central Iran. Teymareh is a rocky mountainous area in the city of Khomein with about 21,000 petroglyphs containing wonderful secrets. Most of the petroglyphs of Teymareh ...

IRNA - The probing operations aimed at stratigraphy in Kalleh Koub Isak site in South Khorasan Province revealed new evidence from the beginning of the urbanization period in the eastern part of Iran. The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted Mohammad Hossein Azizi Kharangi, head of the archeology ...

IRNA - The 9000-year-old Emadeddin enclosure which is the seventh site of the Neolithic period enjoying the oldest culture of village dwelling in the eastern half of the Iranian plateau, was determined despite the destruction of parts of the area due to orchards and ring road. The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage ...

IFP - A historical site belonging to the fifth millennium BCE has been discovered in a port city in Bushehr province, southern Iran. According to director general of the Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Department of Bushehr Province, Naser Amirzadeh, this historical site was discovered in Tahamachi hill area, located three kilometres ...

IRNA Italian police returned a 17th century gravestone which has been smuggled out of Iran to the Iranian Embassy in Rome. Commander of Italy's Cultural Heritage Protection Force General Fabritsio Paroli handed over the ancient gravestone to Irans Ambassador to Italy Jahanbakhsh Mozaffari in a ceremony on Monday. Mazaffari said after taking delivery ...

Financial Tribune- Museums and cultural centers under the auspices of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will be open during the Iranian New Year holidays from March 21 to April 2. According to Mohammadreza Kargar, ICHHTO's director for museum affairs, museums and cultural complexes will be open until 3:00 p.m. on March ...

MNA Public and Revolution Prosecutor Hossein Salami revealed the discovery of a 4,500-year-old antique trophy in Jiroft, Kerman province. An antique trophy, related to the Stone Age, which is in the form of a handbag was recently discovered in one of the villages in suburb of Jiroft. This antique object, dating back to 4500 years ago, was ...

IRNA -- Cyrus Cylinder will be registered on the UNESCO world heritage list, according to Sousan Asili, Member of the National Committee of World Heritage. Asili told IRNA that three Iranian works, one of which Cyrus Cylinder, will be enlisted by the UNESCO. She said the two other works are Sanaie collection of poems and Alfavaed book. She added ...

IFP - An Iranian official says the country is prepared to help the Baghdad government preserve a number of historic sites in Iraq that used to be part of the Iranian territory before the 1975 border demarcation. Abdolmalek Shanbehzadeh, the Director General of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Ilam in western Iran,...

Financial Tribune - Officials from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Revitalization and Utilization Fund for Historical Places (known by its Persian acronym Sabta) discussed the importance of introducing Irans historical sites to the world through the foreign media based in Iran. In a joint meeting held early this week, Alireza ...