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The passageways underneath historic Abarkuh are carved out of solid rock, and would have been cooled by water flowing through channels out of the heat of the day. Source: IRNA.

Ancient Underground City of Water Found Beneath Iran’s Abarkuh

All That History January 29, 2025

Researchers investigating under a collection of five historic houses in the city of Abarkuh in...

The key differences between the Royal Game of Ur and the Shahr-i Sokhta version are the many different pieces, and the lack of “rosettes” denoting certain board spaces as special. Source: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/kctnj / CC-By Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Shahr-i Sokhta: How to Play the Oldest Board Game in the World, Iranian Edition

All That History December 16, 2024

In 1922 the British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley discovered something unexpected during his excavation of...

The golden masks recovered in Shiraz. Source: Mehr News.

Police in Iran Confiscate Ancient Golden Masks

All That History October 7, 2024

Police in Iran have broken up a gang of antiquities smugglers and recovered priceless artifacts...