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 ...

After years of military expansion, everything Iran was trying to build in Syria is in ruins Mouldy half-finished food on bunk beds, discarded military uniforms and abandoned weapons - these are ...

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 ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

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 ...