The English word paradise derives from an old Persian word ‘pairidaeza’ or ‘pairi-daēza’, which means enclosed garden.

A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa “Two Royal Sphinxes Beneath a Winged Disk,” Achaemenid, circa 500 BC, brick panel with colored glaze ...

They in turn contacted the French archaeological delegation to Iran, which was excavating at nearby Susa, the ancient capital of the Elamite kingdom.

Purdue professor Lawrence Mykytiuk confirms 53 biblical figures through ancient inscriptions, linking archaeology with ...

(AP) Followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest from ...

Intricate figures leap, dance and do battle in ‘Song of the North,’ one of the shows featured in the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, kicking off Jan. 18.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh _ an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran’s pre-Islamic past that is also drawing ...