6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (112+ words) Tehran Times Shiraz to Zanzibar: A Persian Legacy Qom: A province of ancient beacons along historic routes Over 2,800 mining machines placed on track for overhaul Iran head to Nagoya with a strong delegation Overcoming financial, logistical hurdles: path to Iran-Vietnam…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1230+ words) TEHRAN - Scattered across the mountains, plains and historic routes of Qom province, a group of ancient Meels, standalone beacon towers once used to guide travelers and caravans, offers a distinctive glimpse into the history of travel and communication in central…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (258+ words) TEHRAN - For centuries, the Indian Ocean served not as a barrier separating Iran from East Africa, but as a maritime corridor linking the two regions. Seasonal monsoon winds carried sailors, merchants, religious scholars and migrants between the Persian Gulf, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (808+ words) TEHRAN - Archaeologists excavating the ancient Burnt City in southeastern Iran have unearthed a 4,600-year-old board game, a decorated bone comb and exceptionally well-preserved organic remains, offering new clues about the social and everyday lives of the city’s inhabitants during the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (747+ words) Tehran Times Karaftou Cave: A timeless sanctuary of history, art, and faith in western Iran TEHRAN – Karaftou Cave, nestled in the rugged limestone cliffs of Iran’s Kordestan province some 53 kilometers east of Saqqez and 46 kilometers northwest of Divandarreh, stands as…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (654+ words) TEHRAN - A five-year joint research project by the University of Tehran and the University of Warsaw has shed new light on the lives of communities in central Iran before the rise of the Median state, challenging the long-held view that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (435+ words) Tehran Times Gonabad: Where ancient water engineering shaped eastern Iran TEHRAN - Gonabad, a historic city in Khorasan Razavi province in eastern Iran, offers visitors far more than the landscapes of a desert settlement. Its strategic location, ancient water-management systems and…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) TEHRAN – A stone inscription dating to the Ilkhanid period has been discovered during restoration work at the eastern entrance of the Jameh Mosque in Nimvar, a historic city in central Iran. The white travertine stone measures approximately 85 by 34 centimeters and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (263+ words) TEHRAN – Changiz Sheykhli, the pioneering figure who founded Iran’s modern caving and speleology movement, died on Wednesday, August 20, in Karaj at age 99, following a period of illness. Widely honored as the “father of Iranian caving,” Sheykhli’s death closes a formative…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (211+ words) TEHRAN - A major new scholarly work on the monetary systems of the Achaemenid Empire was published earlier in July, offering the first comprehensive account of the diverse coinages that circulated across one of the ancient world's most expansive and administratively…...