Experts have begun the restoration of the largest inscription of King Darius the Great at Persepolis after years of erosion ...

Astonishing details of Alexander the Great's personal armory as he prepared for the Battle of Gaugamela against the Persians ...

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Following extensive technical studies, the Persepolis World Heritage Site announced that a protection and restoration project ...

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TEHRAN - Restoration efforts have officially resumed at several key heritage sites within Persepolis, a famed UNESCO World ...

Here the rise of Alexander from minor Macedonian princeling to world-conquering king, general and possible god plays out as a struggle between him and the power-hungry Persian ruler Darius. It's a ...

TEHRAN - A stone fragment believed to originate from Persepolis has been officially handed over to the Cultural Heritage, ...

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...