An ongoing study in the Makran Sefidkuh region of Iran is shedding light on the culture and archaeological remains of communities in…
On the plain of Pasargadae, Cyrus the Great founded a spectacular garden palace. Nothing like it had ever been seen in the…
When Ed Keall first visited Iran, at the age of 24, little did he realise that he was about to embark on…
Three opulent palaces sit within a stone's throw of each other, built when Persian kings ruled the greatest empire in the world,…
The shallow waters of the inland sea known as the Persian Gulf might well hold the evidence of the earliest human migrations…
Project aims to study development of mud-brick enclosures dating to the Early Islamic Period…
The story of the red-brick Gorgan Wall. Snaking at least 195km from the Caspian Sea to the Highlands, it is one of…
Ever since the 17th century, Mughal emperors have had a stronger hold on the world’s imagination than any other eastern rulers –…
Bisitun, site of a rock-cut relief that enabled the decipherment of cuneiform Babylonian has been made into a World Heritage monument…
Mark Horton writes from Iran where he explored the site of Siraf…
The forgotten Achaumenid Empire is remembered in a new exhibition at the British Museum…
Exclusive report on the effects of the devestating 26.12.2003 earthquake on the historical remains of Bam, Iran…