Persepolis, the most well-known ancient site in Iran, is being threatened by tiny lichens eating away at the monuments. These organisms tend to grow on surfaces like stone and can slowly break ...

Videos circulated on social media showing water overflowing from Persepolis’ staircases, raising concerns about severe flooding similar to past years before the discovery and cleaning of these ancient ...

Persepolis, Old Persian Parsa, or modern Takht-e Jamshid is an ancient capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of Iran (Persia), located about 50 km northeast of Shiraz in the Fars region of ...