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Dezful Bridge: The Oldest Usable Bridge in The World Was Built by 70,000 Roman Prisoners
The city of Dezful, located in present-day southern Iran, once belonged to the ancient and powerful Persian ... war to construct the great monument. Building the Bridge Iran is a country covered by an abundant landscape of rugged ... The 4,000-Year-Old Abandoned Mud-Brick Town of Kharanaq, Iran: A Photographic Look The ancient city of Susa in Iran is ...
marinasohma - 11/11/2016 - 21:51
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Mystery of island visited by 15th Century Chinese Explorer Zheng He now solved
... Gulf. Recent re-analysis of ceramics from coastal southern Iran provides a solution. Archaeological evidence for Ming ... rocks and sandy beaches of Hormuz Island, Persian Gulf, Iran. Wikimedia Commons Hormuz Island, off modern-day Iran in the Persian Gulf, was an important regional port, and ...
lizleafloor - 09/04/2015 - 21:58
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Zarathushtra - The Revolutionary Iranian Prophet and First Philosopher in History
... lived which is considered to be in modern day northeastern Iran and which in ancient times were one of the main ... named Faravahar seen at the ruins of Persepolis, Iran ( Wikimedia Commons ) The Illumination After ten years ...
Mahbod Khanbolouki - 17/05/2015 - 02:44
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Ancient Iranian Salt Mine Mummies
... this interesting. Never knew mummies were discovered in Iran and these are quite fascinating. Have a keen interest in ...
Ancient Times - 03/10/2014 - 00:58
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Simurgh, the Mysterious Giant Healing Bird in Iranian Mythology
The image of the serpent is widely acknowledged in western culture to symbolize medicine. One of the most recognizable symbols for medicine today is the rod of Aesculapius with its entwined single serpent. It was originally a symbol representing Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine, from around the 6th century BC.
MartiniF - 11/05/2018 - 15:31
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Seven Mountains to Aratta: Searching for Noah’s Ark in Iran
... but instead somewhere in the Zagros mountain ranges of Iran. In ancient times, Sumerian literature spoke of an ... Noah. Madai would be the forefather of Medes (modern day Iran). Something just didn’t add up. If Madai dwelled near ... Seven Mountains to Aratta: Searching for Noah’s Ark in Iran ...
pkoutoupis - 21/04/2017 - 16:43
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Shah Cheragh and The Dazzling Dome of Mirrors
... the capital of the Fars Province in the southern part of Iran. The story of its founding and its awe-inspiring ... Cheragh is the third most venerated pilgrimage site in Iran, after the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad and the Fatima ... The 4,000-Year-Old Abandoned Mud-Brick Town of Kharanaq, Iran: A Photographic Look Arg-é Bam: An Ancient Citadel ...
dhwty - 26/02/2017 - 19:07
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Was the Magnificent Monumental Tomb of Pasargadae Really Built for Cyrus the Great?
... had planned to destroy the tomb of Cyrus as they entered Iran. According to tradition, the locals succeeded in ... has stuck. Top image: Pasargadae Tomb in Shiraz, Iran. Source: CC BY SA 3.0 By Wu Mingren References Asian ... Architecture, 2017. Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae, Iran. [Online] Available at: ...
dhwty - 20/04/2017 - 13:59
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Castle in the Sand: Arg-e Bam as a Pillar of Middle-Eastern Longevity
Iran’s Arg-e Bam, Bam Citadel, once stood as a pillar of ... medieval period, at the height of the Chinese Silk Road. Iran’s Arg-e Bam, Bam Citadel, once stood as a pillar of ... (Samuel Bailey/ CC BY 3.0 ) Below: Qanat Niavaran in Iran. (Zereshk/ CC BY SA 3.0 ) It was under Persian rule that ...
Riley Winters - 03/01/2018 - 13:55
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Zoroastrian Towers of Silence: Leaving the Dead for the Vultures
... of the dead. Ancient Tower of Silence (Dakhma), Yazd, Iran. ( efesenko /Adobe Stock) According to Zoroastrian ... are Still Used Today Towers of silence can be found in Iran and in India , where Parsi communities exist. In Iran, towers of silence were in use until this funerary ...
dhwty - 06/12/2019 - 16:55
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Shab-e-Yalda - an ancient winter solstice celebration that commemorates the triumph of Mithra
For Iranians around the world, the winter solstice is not just the longest night of the year, it is also the time to commemorate the triumph of Mithra, the Sun God, over darkness in an ancient Persian celebration known as Shab-e-Yalda.
aprilholloway - 21/12/2013 - 23:15
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An Empire in Death: The Extensive Remains of Persepolis
... nineteen hundred years, buried in the dirt of southwestern Iran until the 17th century. Founded in 518 BC by Darius I of ... nineteen hundred years, buried in the dirt of southwestern Iran until the 17th century. Founded in 518 BC by Darius I of ... at the foot of the “Mountain of Mercy” in modern day Iran. The city itself was modeled off of previous ...
Riley Winters - 24/11/2017 - 23:03
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A Run Down of May’s Top Ancient News Stories
... sequence of a Pompeii victim, the oldest fake eye found in Iran, another Roman penis inscription, The top breaking ... sequence of a Pompeii victim, the oldest fake eye found in Iran, another Roman penis inscription, this time with a nasty ... Read on… World’s Oldest Fake Eye from 2800 BC Found in Iran’s ‘Burnt City’ Rome’s National Museum of ...
ancient-origins - 01/06/2022 - 01:58
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Mesopotamian Clay Balls: Ancient Relics or Prehistoric Hard Drives?
... clay balls were found at the Chogha Mish site in Western Iran, a Chalcolithic settlement which was occupied from about ... found at the Choga Mish archaeological site in Western Iran in the late 1960s and have perplexed experts ever since. ... clay balls found broken at the Choga Mish site in Iran. (Anna Ressman / Oriental Institute of the University of ...
Joanna Gillan - 07/11/2023 - 14:00
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Iranian Scientist Builds Machine That Can Predict the Future
In April 2013, Iranian Scientist, Ali Razeghi, claimed to have built a device that can predict the future with 98% accuracy. The machine, which is about the size of a laptop and took ten years to develop, uses complex algorithms to arrive at predictions. It works by producing a print-out outlining any individual’s life between five and eight years in advance af
aprilholloway - 12/04/2013 - 08:02
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Ancient IRAN
Ancient monuments of IRAN. Ancient IRAN ...
Majid Hosseini - 07/01/2017 - 02:11
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Saffron: Tracing the Origins of a Treasured Ancient Spice
... Although its origins have been debated in the past, with Iran, Mesopotamia , and Greece all suggested as the possible ... write that they found that ancient artwork from Greece, Iran, and Mesopotamia along with recent cytogenetic and ... them of an illness. Saffron in Savojbolagh County, Tehran, Iran. (Serpico/ CC BY SA 3.0 ) A Touch of Gold for Food, the ...
dhwty - 12/03/2022 - 00:20
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Kuh-e Alvand: Searching for the True Mountain of Noah and his Ark
... Zagros mountains near the city of Hamadan in northwestern Iran at map coordinates 34.664167, 48.486667, the elevation ... in the research process, "holy mountains" in Turkey and Iran were used in searches to filter possible locations. ... Turkey is the location where Noah's Ark landed. In Iran, both Damavand and Alvand are considered holy mountains. ...
bjcorbin - 09/12/2015 - 21:48
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The Plurality of the Persian Empire: Part II - Persian Dynasties and a New Breed of Rulers Arise
... following decade, succeeded in conquering the majority of Iran, as well as Baghdad and Mosul in Iraq. The rise of the ... 20th century. It was under the rule of this dynasty that Iran saw an increase in its contact with the Western world. ... of Western science, technology, and education into Iran for the first time, thus initiating the modernization of ...
dhwty - 09/08/2018 - 02:00
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Blood, Tears, and Oil: The Bloody History of the Walled City of Baku
... of the newly formed Safavid dynasty (based in modern-day Iran) and In 1501 he and his army laid siege. After nearly ... Then in 1722, the Safavids lost power back home in Iran. Peter the Great in Russia saw his chance and went in ... of March 1735, Russia signed the Treaty of Ganja, giving Iran back basically every territory they’d lost to Russia, ...
Robbie Mitchell - 09/07/2022 - 22:44