Other pre-Iranian language are unknown. The ancient Iranians gradually developed an identity separate from the related peoples who moved on to occupy northern India. However, their cultural and ...

Long, twisting roads draw lines over the valleys and slopes here in western Iran. They are ancient paths, trodden by feet and hooves for thousands of years in the ever repeating movement of migration.

AN ANCIENT underground labyrinth city with its own advanced water system has been discovered after researchers stumbled across it in a garden. The sprawling network of twisting passages was found ...

Oriental Institute Photographic Archives This collection includes all the spectacular aerial photographs of ancient sites in Iran taken by Ernst Herzfeld between 1935 and 1937. The next four maps were ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...