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Parts of Ilkhanid era city unearthed in Central Province
Parts of the Ilkhanid era city of Zolfabad have recently been unearthed in the course of an archaeological excavation...
Various human and natural factors are threatening the ruins of a Sassanid city located near Band Qir village in Khuzestan Province...
An ancient mound believed to date back to the Parthian era is being threatened by the construction of a mosalla, a place for the prayers on Id al-Fitr and Id al-Adha, in the city of Hamedan...
Iranian police have recovered an ancient inscription that was stolen from a historic mosque in southern province of Fars over four months ago...
The ongoing search by police and the security command of the department over the past months concluded with the discovery of the artifact in a city in Fars Province, Barzegar said...
Masuleh, once a living museum of architecture and cultural anthropology, is gradually losing its different types of handicrafts, having turned into a market for Chinese goods...
 
 
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Golestan Palace
The Golestan Palace ensemble is a relic of the historic Arg (governmental seat) of Tehran, where Qajar monarchs resided, and comprises several of the most beautiful ancient buildings erected in the capital during the past 200 years1.
Carpets known as leopard skin or tiger skin carpets are among the most important Iranian carpet designs...
The National Museum of Iran, whose construction began in 1934 and which became operative in two sections in 1937, not only constitutes the largest museum of Iranian archeology and history, but also ranks among the few great museums of the world with regards to volume, quality and diversity of its collections.
After the terrible fire of December 1994, which destroyed one third of the building of the old National Consultative Assembly, particularly its main hall, and also because of the building’s decrepitude, the restoration of this historic monument which has played an important role in the political history of contemporary Iran was taken into consideration and the largest restoration task ever attempted in Iran was begun by local specialists and artists.
 

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