A 2,700 year-old silver chalice may be a new token of friendship between the United States and Iran, at least that’s the way Iran’s cultural heritage chief sees it.

2005-11-27 04:00:00 PDT Tehran-- Archaeologists from around the world have been rushing to excavate scores of newly identified ancient sites in southern Iran before the area is flooded by a new ...

Iran is displaying hundreds of ancient and Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years and all of them recently brought back home from museums and collections in Western countries.

At stake are thousands of 2,500-year-old clay artifacts known as the Persepolis tablets, of great interest to collectors and worth perhaps tens of millions of dollars on the open market.

The inscription on a Persian pottery shard bearing the name of Darius the Great was declared fake. An expert revealed that she altered the artifact at an Israeli site.

The professor opens a cardboard box and gingerly picks up a few hunks of dried clay - dust-baked relics that offer a glimpse into the long-lost world of the Persian empire that spanned a continent ...

WASHINGTON — A nearly 2,600-year-old clay cylinder that’s been described as the world’s first human rights declaration is being shown for the first time in the U.S.

A U.S. appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that could have led to the seizure of Persian artifacts in two U.S. museums to pay damages for victims of a 1997 bomb attack in Israel.

Persian carpets are on display at an exhibition of Persian artifacts in Sichuan University Museum in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 25, 2025.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is displaying hundreds of ancient and Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years and all of them recently brought back home from ...