TEHRAN - In celebration of International Museum Day, the Hegmataneh Museum in Hamedan province has unveiled three exquisite ...

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 ...

Once a vibrant repository of Central and South Asian heritage, the National Museum of Afghanistan held tens of thousands of ...

The water body that lies between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula has been known internationally as the Persian Gulf for over 2 ...

The Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum documents the history and legacy of the ancient Parsi community - a small ethnic group ...

Though Phillips previously knew little about the Achaemenid Empire, her research led her down “rabbit holes” of historical fascination. “I took creative liberties, inventing the idea of a ...

By the late 6th century BCE, the Achaemenid Empire sought to tame the Scythians, with Darius I launching an ill-fated campaign into their lands around 513 BCE. The Scythians responded not with ...

One of the notable artefacts on display is a replica of a clay cylinder of Cyrus the Great, a Persian king who was the founder of the Achaemenid empire. Fatakia says the clay cylinder - also known ...

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