Professor Herzfeld, who dug up & restored the place, has made it headquarters for further excavation of other once magnificent buildings of Persepolis. The place, now called Istakhr, is near ...

Beyond Persepolis, other sites in Iran ... stood before a ruined column of the Apadana palace, he said, "Maintaining this ...

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, are waging a battle against an unlikely enemy. They are fighting lichens, organisms that grow on surfaces like stone and can ...