“Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World” is strong on examples of material culture — the pottery, jewelry, coins, metalwork and stone vessels, architecture and other common objects of ...

Unlike the more figurative European designs that depict human faces, animals, and landscapes, Persian Tazhib focuses on abstract and geometric patterns. The recognition of Tazhib by UNESCO in December ...

Was This Helmet Worn by an Ancient Greek Soldier During the Persian Wars? Found in Haifa Bay, Israel, in 2007, the bronze headgear boasts an intricate, peacock-like pattern ...

It looks like a traditional Persian carpet pattern but it’s sheer, illuminated, and ghostly. And it tells a modern story. If you look closely at the delicate cutouts, you see angels holding rifles.

In the Persian language, the term “rogan” means “oil”. To prepare the colour, the artists boil castor oil in a vessel for more than 10 hours, until it obtains a thick jelly-like consistency.

In her first solo show in Dubai, titled Gordafarid, Iranian artist Roshanak Aminelahi is presenting a series of paintings that are inspired by ancient Persian mythology, such as the epic poem ...

In the soft glow of the lights, ancient artifacts from Iran are displayed in a deep blue exhibition hall, each piece whispering tales of the distant and illustrious Persian civilization. The new ...