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Researchers using wartime aerial photos and Cold War satellite imagery have identified a vast, once-lost Persian garden complex in Iran.

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More than anything, its citizenry wants the opportunity to use their talents, skills and cultural confidence to make Iran ...

Recent protests in Iran erupted over economic collapse and political repression. But beneath the discontent, analysts also ...

Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Leicester and Durham studied historical aerial photographs and discovered a ...

Explore the history of Iran from 600 BCE to 2020 in this comprehensive video. The documentary takes you through significant eras, including: - Ancient era - Achaemenid era - Greek Occupation - ...

Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

A “forgotten Alexandria” on the Tigris is being pulled back into focus by archaeologists using drones and geophysics, revealing what appears to have been a vast, carefully planned metropolis in ...

Black Cats already carry an air of mystery, but sometimes they take it to an entirely different realm, leaving us intrigued ...

Long before modern borders, Indian coins travelled across Asia and beyond. From Gupta gold to Vijayanagara pagodas, Hindu ...

Sabah is a mainstream, high-circulation newspaper. Columns published in its pages often resonate far beyond opinion sections, ...