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The Surprising Origins of the Postal Service

By |March 13th, 2021|Categories: Achaemenids, Ancient: Prehistory – 651 A.D., Archaeology, Communications|

The article "The Surprising Origins of the Postal Service" penned by Joobin Bekhrad was published in the BBC on the 25th of June, 2020. Kindly

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The “Pompei of the East”: Iran’s Shahr-e Sookhteh (Burnt City)

By |February 27th, 2021|Categories: Ancient: Prehistory – 651 A.D., Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Burnt City, Heritage, Neolithic Era, News, Pre-Achaemenid|

The article “Scoperte centinaia di tavolette in argilla di seimila anni fa: erano nella "Pompei d'Oriente”“  [Hundreds of clay tablets dated to six thousand years

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Ruins of Gateway unearthed near Persepolis

By |February 20th, 2021|Categories: Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Archaeology, Architecture, Engineering, Heritage, News|

The article "Ruins of majestic historical gateway unearthed near Persepolis" by Afshin Majlesi was published in the Tehran Times on February 8, 2021. Kindly note

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The Longest Poem Ever Written: Shahnameh – The Epic Book of Kings

By |February 6th, 2021|Categories: Culture, Heritage, Language & Linguistics, Literature, Mithraism, Mythology and Nowruz, Parthian, Parthian Military History, People of Iran and Origins, Persianate, Sassanian Military History, Sassanians, Scythian, Shahnameh, Turco-Iranian or Persianate Civilization, Women of Persia, Zoroastrianism|

The article "The Longest Poem Ever Written: Shahnameh – The Epic Book of Kings" was originally written by Mahbod Khanbolouki and published in the Ancient

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Two Hand Colored 19th Century Photos of Tiflis (Tbilisi)

By |February 6th, 2021|Categories: Heritage, Iran and Caucasia, Iran and Europe, Military History 700-1899|

Below are two rare hand-colored photographs of the city of Tiflis (Tbilisi) in Georgia in the late 19th century. The photos were taken by the

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