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

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 ...

Since 1979, Persepolis has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It features massive sculptures and complex carvings of ancient Persian kings, nobles, and deities. But over the years, lichen has ...

That restorations enabled the complete drainage of surface water through the site’s original ancient system ... Narratives say that Persepolis was burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC apparently as ...

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 ...

During the Achaemenid era, the festival was celebrated with great splendor at Persepolis, where kings welcomed envoys and ...

It was a suicide mission, designed to detain the Persians just long enough for the rest of the Greek allies to gather their forces. Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically held the Persians ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday congratulated Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon on the upcoming Nowruz ...