There are over 3,000 species of lichen in Iran, with 500 to 700 varieties making ancient monuments their home. Some of the species at Persepolis were more than 1,700 years old.

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 ...

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments.The fight, ...

The non-movable artefacts, mainly stone objects, were covered with sandbags to protect them from strikes and flying debris.

Beginning in 2006, the Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency partnered with different cultural institutions to lead thorough excavations of the Chehrābād site, which was closed for mining in 2008. 6 ...

The ancient salt mine in Iran has been used by people for thousands of years and was the resting place of the eerie Saltmen mummies. Image credit: Thomas Stöllner / Stöllner et al., J. World ...