Financial Tribune- A project to draw up an archeological map of Pasargadae, an ancient city and world heritage site in Fars Province, has begun. "This project is a follow-up on studies carried out in the past decade," ISNA quoted Hamid Fadaei, the heritage sites manager, as saying. "Morghab and Pasargadae plains are currently being studied. The ...

IRNA - Head of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (RICHT) Seyed Mohammad Beheshti said carpets woven in Europe and other countries are indicative of the influence of the Iranian culture and cultural transactions with other nations, the RICHT website reported. The fact that today we are unaware of carpet-weaving ...

The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of Iran. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian erosion on a colossal scale. Consequently, the site presents some of the most spectacular examples of aeolian yardang landforms (massive corrugated ridges)....

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee included eight new sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger, the organization said in a statement on Sunday. ISTANBUL (Sputnik) The 40th session ofthe UNESCO committee, which kicked offin Istanbul onSunday and was due tolast throughJuly 20, butadjourned ...

UNESCOs World Heritage Committee commenced its 40th session on Sunday in Istanbul, Turkey, to study proposals to inscribe 26 sites on the World Heritage List, with Irans Lut Desert widely expected to make it on the list. The session will conclude on July 20. The proposals include nine natural, 14 cultural and three mixed sites, i.e. properties ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) Iranian and Iraqi cultural heritage organizations have formed a joint committee to work for registration of Taq Kasra for World Heritage Status. Iran and Iraq have formed a joint committee to file for World Heritage Status be bestowed to Taq Kisra, Farhad Nazari the General Manager of Registration Office of Iran's Cultural ...

[caption id="attachment_98740" align="alignright" width="215"] Historic waterfalls in Shushtar, Khuzestan Province[/caption] Iranian ancient city of Shush is slated to be offered to the UNESCO for a possible inscription on the World Heritage list of the organization. Located in Khuzestan province, Shush city will be Irans main option for entering ...

Tehran, April 29, IRNA - Iran has 16 tangible and 10 intangible monuments registered on the World Heritage List, said deputy head of Irans Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO). Mohammad Hassan Talebian also noted that 50 monuments are on the interim World Heritage List, which number rises annually. There are over one million ...