Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Rare and exceptional artworks and relics from the world’s most acclaimed cultures will cross the auction block along with ...

TEHRAN - The emergency restoration of a Sasanian rock relief of Bahram II at Tang-e Chogan, located in Bishapur, Kazerun, Fars province, has been completed, the provincial tourism chief said on ...

Sampling sediment cores off the Peloponnese in the Aegean Sea. Credit: Andreas Koutsodendris A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known ...

Both structures reflected the site’s importance as a center of power and worship during the reign of the Sasanian king Khosrow II Parvīz (590–628 CE). The layout of the Royal Garden suggests that it ...