Financial Tribune- An official website for Pasargadae world heritage site was launched early this week to provide the latest information on the ancient monument. As reported by Fars Province's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, the news portal, available at www.pasargadae.ir, offers the latest information about the world-renowned ...

AP Iran said Sunday it has foiled an online plot led by foreigners to spark dissent involving the tomb of Cyrus the Great on the day that many mark the birth of the Persian king by gathering at his grave. The Iranian judiciarys news agency Mizan reported that the Intelligence Ministry disrupted plans for an illegal gathering in Pasargad, some 800 ...

Financial Tribune- The restoration of water canals of Pasargadae Garden in Fars Province is a top priority of cultural heritage officials, the head of Pasargadae World Heritage Base said. The first restorative operations were conducted about 10 years ago. "The latest phase was started on September last year with the aim of preservation, restoration ...

Financial Tribune- A project to draw up an archeological map of Pasargadae, an ancient city and world heritage site in Fars Province, has begun. "This project is a follow-up on studies carried out in the past decade," ISNA quoted Hamid Fadaei, the heritage sites manager, as saying. "Morghab and Pasargadae plains are currently being studied. The ...

Thousands of Iranians gathered around the tomb of Cyrus the Great in Shirazs Pasargadae to celebrate the day commonly known as his birthday. The occasion, not inscribed in the countrys official calendar, has soared in popularity in recent years. During the past months, copy of an official letter banning any tour to the Pasargadae circulated on the ...

October 29 (7th of Aban) is nominated as the international day of Cyrus the Great, the King of Persia, who declared the first charter of human rights in the world, also known as the Cyrus Cylinder. Iranians believe that October 29 is the anniversary of the entrance of Cyrus into Babylon. In October 539 BCE, the Persian King took Babylon, the ...

According to a report by Mehr, as edited by IFP, the Director General of Irans Bureau of International Databases Farhad Azizi said Iran and Italy have been cooperating for more than a year and a half to restore the historical constructions of Pasargadae. This year, he added, the Italian delegation in collaboration with their Iranian counterparts ...

A joint effort involving Iranian and Italian experts to restore and protect the world-famous Pasargadae in Fars Province has so far resulted in the successful restoration of about a third of the columns in the sites citadel. Hamid Fadaei, director of the world heritage site, was quoted by Borna news agency as saying that nine out of the citadels ...

[caption id="attachment_110519" align="alignright" width="261"] the earliest capital of the Achaemenid (First Persian) Empire, Pasargadae[/caption] The ancient monument of Pasargadae as the earliest capital of the Achaemenid (First Persian) Empire manifests the glorious civilization of the nation. Located near the Iranian historical city of Shiraz,...