One of them is Sarab-e Qandil, which dates from the Sassanid era (224-651 CE) and is named after the Persian phrase for “ice cold spring.” In the southern province of Fars, close to modern Kazerun, is ...
The bas-relief has been the identity of this ancient land for centuries, but over the years, it has suffered many damages, the most important of which is damage caused by plant growth, Ali-Akbar ...
On Nov. 18, 1955, the Los Angeles Times started publishing the Know Your City photography series. Readers were invited to guess the “familiar buildings, parks, statues, bridges and other objects” ...
Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have made a discovery in Iraq, unearthing fragments of a monumental bas-relief dating back to the 7th century BCE in the throne room of the North Palace of ...
On December 6 and 7, 2010, Mamallapuram, 50 km from Chennai, famed for its Pallava period rock-cut sculptures, recorded 20 cm of rain. It was the kind of rainfall that could have brought to life one ...
A marble bas-relief that decorated the home of a Belgian family for almost 50 years has turned out to be a 2,000-year-old relic from Pompeii, the ancient Roman city near Italy's Mount Vesuvius. The ...
A New York state Supreme Court judge on Monday ordered a Persian bas-relief dating to approximately 500 B.C. to be returned to Iran, the country from which authorities say it was stolen more than 80 ...
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