Ancient Iran
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Yalda Night: Ancient celebration of year's longest night
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Every year on the last day of autumn, Iran marks Yalda Night, an ancient festival celebrating the winter solstice, the rebirth of the sun, and the symbolic triumph of light over darkness.
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VIDEO: Snowfall covers tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Snowfall in Pasargadae has blanketed the Tomb of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire, in white.
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7,000-year-old village discovered in Iran's Dehdasht
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old prehistoric village beneath the historic city of Dehdasht, shedding new light on the region’s Neolithic past and early urban development.
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Restoration of Persepolis, Naqsh-e Rostam
TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization is carrying out restoration work on parts of Persepolis and Naqsh-e Rostam, two of the country’s most iconic ancient sites.
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Inside ancient Samanu-making ritual in Iran's Saveh
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The city of Saveh in central Iran keeps one of its oldest traditions alive: the communal preparation of Samanu. The event brings together people of all ages in prayer, teamwork, and celebration of a shared cultural heritage.
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Shanghai to host Glory of Ancient Persia exhibition
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ali Darabi has said that China's Shanghai is the next destination to host 'The Glory of Ancient Persia' exhibition.
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Iran uncovers 10-million-year-old fossil site in Maragheh
TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – An Iranian official says a 10-million-year-old fossil site has been discovered in the country’s northwestern Maragheh county in East Azarbaijan Province.
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Iran chairs Ancient Civilizations Assembly meeting
TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – A meeting of the ministers of the Ancient Civilizations Assembly was held on Friday, September 22, with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian chairing the event at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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UK returns smuggled ancient artifact to Iran
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Iran’s chargé d’affaires to the United Kingdom says London has returned a third-century rock relief sculpture, which was gouged from a cliff in Iran and smuggled out of the country, to the Iranian embassy.
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UK to return sculptural relief to Iran: diplomat
TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – The charge d'affaires of Iran to London, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Matin, has said that sculptural relief belonging to the Sassanid era will return to Iran after three months on display in British Musuem.