Long before Persia became a world power, Iran was shaped by the Elamites and other early civilizations. This episode follows ...

Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society that could upend the accepted narrative of where writing and urban life began.

As mentioned by organizers, the “comprehensive” exhibition offers a sweeping overview of Iranian history, featuring more than 330 objects excavated from nearly 80 different sites. It presents a unique ...

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Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Three hundred ancient clay tablets that have shed light on the languages and daily life in the Persian empire are headed back to Iran in what University of Chicago officials described ...

Crowds packed central Tehran on Friday for the unveiling of a statue celebrating an ancient Persian victory over foreign enemies -- a show of defiance toward Iran's modern-day foes in the wake of its ...