Persepolis, an ancient city located in the Fars Province of Iran, stands as one of the most significant archaeological sites ...

Persepolis, Old Persian Parsa, 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 ...

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

During the New Year celebration Nowruz, Iranians chose their old traditions, while the regime imposed mourning for Imam Ali.

The Persian Empire's capital, Persepolis, which Alexander's forces captured and razed, "would rival Rome and Athens as the greatest of ancient cities, its ruins one of the wonders most visited ...

This little known documentary short is actually the first Iranian film to compete in the Cannes festival It is one of several Iranian documentaries focused on the ancient ruins of Persepolis a ...

is now little more than a mass of crumbling ruins. Originally constructed to house the Roman Emperor Valerian after his capture by Shapur I, the structure played a crucial role in the Sassanid ...