Traces to the graveyard were found earlier this year when workers found some evidence during a road construction project near Oltan fortress, which is located in Ardabil province. Evidence shows that ...

An Iranian archaeologist said a Sassanid-era inscription referring to the calendar of a royal festival has recently been ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Firuzabad was an important city in the ancient Persia during the Achaemenid Empire up to the conquer of the Macedonian Alexander. Qal'eh Dokhtar is a castle in Firuzabad dating back ...

Situated on a mountain slope neighboring the Firouzabad-Kavar road, Qaleh Dokhtar (literally meaning the Maiden Castle) was made by Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid Empire (224–651) in 209 CE.

In northeastern Iran, archaeologists found one of the largest Sassanid-era fire temples far from what’s considered the heartland of the Sassanids.

This was one of the pivotal moments in the history of the Middle East and the world. In a single afternoon, the heartland of Persia was conquered by nomad soldiers from the Arabian desert. The ancient ...

The Sassanids were the last native dynasty to rule in Persia after the Parthians were overthrown, and before the Arab conquest of later centuries. Sitting astride the trade routes to the east, the ...