MNA The 18th Annual Archaeological Seminar of Japanese Researchers on Iranian Archaeology was held Sat. in Tokyo, with 80 Japanese researchers and those interested in Iranian history and culture in attendance. The seminar, held by the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Japan, was attended by some members of the Iran-JapanCultural ...

IRNA - News media reports on the discovery of a skull belonging to the first millennium BC in Safi Alishah Avenue of Tehran has raised questions and different ambiguities in the media realm and among experts, Research Institute of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) says. According to the Public Relations Office of RICHT, the timely presence ...

AFP- An Iranian archaeologist has spent years in an almost single-handed quest across the country's hills and desert plains to uncover ancient rock art that could be among the oldest in the world. Now he hopes that renewed ties with the West after years of international isolation could help decipher its mysteries. Despite its rough beauty, it ...

QESHM, Jul. 09 (MNA) Archaeological excavations have uncovered mid-Paleolithic stone tools in Qeshm Island. Seyyed Morteza Rahmati told Mehr News cultural heritage correspondent on Saturday that during last glacial period, Qeshm had been connected to mainland Iran by a thick layer of ice; during investigations in Roof of the Qeshm in June in ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) The heads of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization and German Archaeological Institute held a meeting and underlined the need for the expansion of archeological cooperation. Seyyed Mohammad Beheshti pointed to a MoU inked previously between Iran and Germany and stressed the need to implement projects ...