Persepolis, an ancient city located in the Fars Province of Iran, stands as one of the most significant archaeological sites ...

And beneath those ancient ruins they uncovered a pot — overflowing with Persian gold coins. The hoard was seemingly left there by a soldier who — for some reason, probably a tragic one — was ...

Some ordinary Lebanese attempting to escape Israeli bombing reportedly fled to the Baalbek ruins, judging that ancient sites would ... against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group it has been fighting ...

or modern Takht-e Jamshid is an ancient capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of Iran (Persia), located about 50 km northeast of Shiraz in the Fars region of southwestern Iran. In 1979 the ...

Ya'er Lake Grottoes in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Photo: VCG. Following AR (augmented reality) digital reconstruction efforts, the Ya'er Lake Grott ...

TEHRAN - A stone fragment believed to originate from Persepolis has been officially handed over to the Cultural Heritage, ...

Due to the extensive amount of debris covering the ruins and the complexity ... that the city looks like a gridiron, while Iranian cities usually were circular in design, according to Livius.org; a ...

For the moment, though, Iran is not welcome in Syria. After years of expanding its military presence, everything Tehran built is now in ruins, both on the battlefield and, it seems, in the eyes of a ...