From the ninth to the first centuries BC, in the period before the Roman empire, Etruscan culture flourished in present-day ...

A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

Archaeologists have discovered a royal needle-carved rock image in southern Iran's Marvdasht Plain. It is believed the image ...

In prehistoric times, the civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia flourished to the west of India, with China to its east.

Iran, with its rich cultural and historical heritage, has the potential to become the hub of tourism and handicrafts in the ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran, Abbas Saleh Shariati, has emphasized that Iran has no historical ...