The Trilingual Inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes at Ganj Nameh
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2022
About 12 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Ecbatana (modern Hamadan) in western Iran, and 2,000 meters above sea level on Mount Al...
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The Mysterious Pillar at The Center of The Circular City of Gor
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2022
In the year 330 BC, Alexander the Great advanced through the Persian territory, conquering its cities and regions, culminating in the captur...
Did an Ancient Persian Queen Suffer From Breast Cancer?
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 23, 2022
In Histories , written in the 5th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus tells the story of Atossa, the queen of Persia, who was struck b...
The Colors of Hormuz Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 21, 2021
Off the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf, about 8 km from the mainland, lies Hormuz Island, a small, teardrop shaped mound of rock salt, gy...
The Citadel of Bam: The World’s Largest Mud Building
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2021
Sometime between 579 and 323 BC during the Achaemenid Persian period, the Citadel of Bam (in Persian Arg-é Bam) was built in southeastern pr...
The Masked Women of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2020
Head covering, veils and burqas are common sight among many Muslim communities around the world. There are a lot of different styles and ea...
Tomb of Cyrus: The World’s Oldest Earthquake Resistant Structure
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2019
Natural calamites like floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes have always been considered “acts of god”, yet for centuries our ancestors have r...
Salt Domes And Salt Glaciers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2019
Million of years ago, the Persian Gulf was a much larger body of water than it is today, inundating large sections of the Arabian peninsula...
A Modern Mosque That’s Angering Iranian Muslims
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 15, 2018
The fate of a beautiful, avant-garde mosque in the Iranian capital Tehran hangs in balance as the city decides what to do with the partially...
The Ziggurat of Choga Zanbil
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2018
The Egyptians had pyramids, the Mesopotamians had ziggurats, which are massive brick structures with raised platforms with successively rece...
The Ancient Iranian Salt Mummies
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2018
In northwestern Iran, near the villages of Hamzehli, Mehrabad and Chehrabad, in Zanjan province, is a large salt dome protruding into the su...
Makhunik: The Village of Dwarves
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2018
In a remote corner in Iran’s South Khorasan Province, near its border with Afghanistan, is a village that, until about a century ago, was in...
Towers of Silence
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2016
The Zoroastrians have an unusual way of disposing off their dead. They neither bury them nor cremate them. Instead, corpses are left atop hi...
Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2016
The Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse in Kashan, Iran, is a 16th century public bathhouse built during the time of the Safavid empire, which ruled...
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 29, 2016
The Shushtar Hydraulic System in the island city of Shushtar is a complex irrigation system that dates back to the time of the Achaemenid ki...
Dasht-e Kavir, The Great Salt Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 3, 2015
Dasht-e Kavir, also known the Great Salt Desert, is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian plateau, about 300 kilometers east-sou...
The Great Wall of Gorgan
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2015
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a series of ancient defensive fortifications located near Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, ...
The Disappearing Lake Urmia of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2015
Lake Urmia, in north-western Iran, was once one of the largest permanent saline lake in the world and the second largest in the Middle East,...
The Wind Catchers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2015
The middle eastern countries are characterised by a hot and dry climate, and so buildings and homes are traditionally constructed from thick...
The Pigeon Towers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 21, 2014
During the 16th and 17th century, particularly around the time of the Safavid reign, the Iranian folks built a large number of towers to hou...
