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Watch 1,000-Year-Old Windmills in Action (Video)
Located in the remote Chiffon village in northeast Iran, a collection of 1,000-year-old windmills still stand ... area. Located in the remote Chiffon village in northeast Iran , a collection of 1,000-year-old windmills still stand ... when he dies so will these amazing historic monuments. Iran’s Heritage Sites Remain Under Threat. What Could We ...
Robbie Mitchell - 04/05/2023 - 01:57
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Alexander the Great’s Capital Punishment? The Building of Persepolis and its Flaming Demise
... large ancient gate in 2,500-year-old city of Persepolis in Iran The Spectacular Monumental Architecture of the ... and The Business of War – Part I Persepolis Ruins, Iran ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Successive Developments Another ...
dhwty - 24/04/2017 - 22:58
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How Climate Change Caused the World’s First Ever Empire To Collapse
... more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing ... more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing ... A new detailed climate record Now, stalagmite data from Iran sheds new light on the controversy. In a study published ...
ancient-origins - 11/01/2019 - 01:54
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Babak Khorramdin – The Freedom Fighter of Persia
... Abad situated near modern day Ardabil in northwestern Iran. This child would grow up to become the most prominent ...
Mahbod Khanbolouki - 21/01/2015 - 12:21
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Words from the Ancient Past: The Sogdian Ancient Letters
... Vladimir. "The Sogdian "Ancient Letters" (I, III)." Iran & the Caucasus 12.2 (2008): 289-93. Web. "The Sogdian ...
Kerry Sullivan - 24/10/2016 - 21:53
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Omar Khayyam: Lasting Achievements of the Persian Polymath and Poet
... in the Khorasan region , in what is today northwestern Iran . His full name was Ghiyath al-Din Abul Fateh Omar Ibn ... Variants of this calendar, by the way, are still used in Iran and Afghanistan today. At the Tomb of Omar Khayyam ... as a son and daughter. Omar Khayyam Mausoleum, Nishapur, Iran ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Omar Khayyam died on the 4 th of ...
dhwty - 23/06/2020 - 13:56
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Queen Atossa, Daughter of one Emperor, and Wife to Another
... Darius the Great. Tomb of Darius the Great in modern-day Iran. Queen Atossa was buried alongside the king. ...
Aleksa Vučković - 15/10/2023 - 14:48
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Cataphracts: Armored Warriors and their Horses of War
... armies. Relief Taq-e Bostan (Kermanshah Province in Iran) from the era of Sassanid Empire: One of the oldest ... put much fear in the enemy. Equestrian Relief at Firuzabad Iran showing Cataphracts dueling with lances ( Wikimedia ...
dhwty - 27/06/2018 - 13:36
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The Controversial Road to the Recovery of Cuneiform Texts
... inscriptions were observed in Persepolis (in modern-day Iran). The script’s patterned dashes were not immediately ... Achaemenid dynasty , who reigned in what is modern-day Iran in the first millennium BCE. These rulers made cuneiform ... the face of a cliff in Behistun in what is now western Iran. Ancient Persian Cuneiform Contract and Artifacts ...
ancient-origins - 06/10/2017 - 22:56
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The Eternal Kiss of the Hasanlu Lovers Throws Up Questions of Ancient Love: Romance, Bromance or Something More Familial?
... site of an ancient city located in northwest Iran. The site was inhabited continuously from the 6th ... by Nature: Studying the Spectacular Salt Mummies of Iran Sketch map of Hasanlu Tepe, located south of Lake Urmia in what is now the Western Azerbaijan Province of Iran. ( Penn Museum ) The destruction took place back in 800 ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 02/07/2020 - 19:01
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Mutilated Remains of a Man Trying to Escape Vesuvius Eruption Found
Mount Vesuvius occupies a very special place in the fables and tales of not just the Neapolitans of the southwestern Italy, but also in accounts written by the Greeks and Romans. The Romans saw Vesuvius as a representation of Hercules, the strong and adventurous son of Jupiter. The mountain is notorious for the Vesuvius eruption that decimated Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD. Recently, the sensational partially mutilated remains of a man buried by the eruption have been found near the old beaches of Herculaneum.
Sahir - 17/10/2021 - 22:56
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Emergence of Zoroastrianism and The Legacy of Zarathushtra
... constantly for about 1500 years in the city of Yazd, Iran ( hoexbroe.dk ) One day, the beloved black horse of ... tree named the Cypress of Abarkuh in the city of Yazd in Iran, which the Arabs did not manage to cut down due to ... the world. T he Cypress of Abarkuh in the city of Yazd in Iran ( Wikimedia Commons ) The Legacy of Zarathushtra ...
Mahbod Khanbolouki - 18/05/2015 - 02:07
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Tattooed Scythian Warriors, Descendants of the Amazons? Part Three
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Alexander the Great Destroyer: Ancient Revenge or War for Profit? – Part II
... the regions they settled. Many of the tribal societies in Iran and further to the east held on to their traditional ...
Cam Rea - 15/02/2017 - 16:08
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Zoroastrianism: 4000 Years of Faith, Fire and the Battle Between Good and Evil
... prophetic figure, founded Zoroastrianism in ancient Iran. While the precise date of the religion’s foundation ... Zoroaster was born in Southwest Afghanistan or Northeast Iran. He was born into a family that followed a polytheistic ...
Bipin Dimri - 14/11/2021 - 13:57
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Greek Indonesia
Rome had trading ports in the Mumbai region of India with 120 ship-voyages a year from Roman Egypt at the peak . Chinese plates from this trade have been found in the mud of the Thames river London. Here is evidence for Greek-Roman voyages to Bali Indonesia over 2000 years ago. A book by Jesuit priest da Volta 500 years ago "A Voyage to Moluccas" described trading boats with a dragon-head having many paddlers( which suggests Viking boats). The priest was reminded of the boats used in Lisbon Portugal for Corpus Christi ceremonies.
chimera - 11/07/2016 - 23:12
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Satraps of the Persian Empire – Rebellious Protectors of the Realm
... region of Persis, in the southwestern part of modern-day Iran. The Achaemenid Empire was an ancient empire whose ... region of Persis , in the southwestern part of modern-day Iran. At its greatest extent, the Achaemenids ruled over an ... Iran Chamber Society. 2019. Achaemenid Empire . [Online] ...
dhwty - 21/09/2019 - 21:14
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Sargon of Akkad: Familiar and Legendary Tales of a Famous Mesopotamian King
... southern Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran), then he used innovative tactics to keep his empire ... southern Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran), then he used innovative tactics to keep his empire ... what is today the western and southwestern part of Iran . In the West, Sargon conquered parts of Syria and ...
dhwty - 02/03/2019 - 01:46
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Archaeological Track of Alexander The Great’s Footprint in Persia
Archaeology in modern Iran tracks Alexander the Great’s footprint in ancient ... marched along the Royal Road Archaeology in modern Iran tracks Alexander the Great’s footprint in ancient ... is the word for fire temples in Farsi, the language of Iran. Zoroastrians do not worship fire, but they view it as a ...
micki pistorius - 05/10/2022 - 17:30
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The 5,000-Year-Old Ancient History of Backgammon
... spanning several continents and countries from Egypt and Iran, to England and even China. Backgammon is a simple game, ... have been found from ancient Persia in what is modern-day Iran. For example, many boards have been found for the game ... to a backgammon board. This board was found at Jiroft , Iran, and has three parallel rows of twelve circular fields, ...
Mark Brophy - 29/06/2022 - 15:00