Work has also resumed on Column Base B2 in the northern portico of the Apadana Palace, one of the earliest and most important structures of the Persepolis complex. Originally built by Darius I the ...

Former environmental agency leaders under Republican and Democratic presidents condemned what they called the dismantling of ...

Mumbai's second oldest Parsi fire temple, the Maneckji Nowroji Sett Agiary in Fort, first established on June 19, 1733, has ...

Persepolis, also known as Takht-e Jamshid ... among them the massive Apadana palace and the Throne Hall (“Hundred-Column Hall”). This 13-ha ensemble of majestic approaches, monumental stairways, ...

Anahita Temple, the second glorious stone building after Persepolis in Iran, has been constructed on a natural hill by using ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

Of Iran’s 28 heritage sites, 26 are cultural, such as the historic city of Yazd, the Tabriz Grand Bazaar and Persepolis, capital of the Achaemenid ... Examples include the Palace of Versailles, the ...

Story continues below this ad Another striking feature is a nine-foot etched glass replica of the western staircase of Darius’ Palace at Persepolis. Originally crafted in Mumbai, it was displayed in ...