Iran
There are 1733 items in Iran:
Qadamgah, General view |
Qadamgah, Mortise |
Qadamgah, Niches |
Qadamgah, Staircase |
Qalah-e Dokhtar
Ardašir Khureh ("fame of Ardašir): Sasanian city in Persis, modern Firuzabad. Except for the city, there is a castle (discussed on this page), a palace, a large relief celebrating Ardašir's victories, and a small relief commemorating his investiture. Qalah-e Dokhtar …Qanat
Qanat: type of underground irrigation canal between an aquifer on the piedmont to a garden on an arid plain. The word is Arabic, but the system is best known from Iran. …
Anshan: a qanat seen from the air |
The outlet of a qanat |
View inside a qanat |
Manuscript of the Quran with red dots to vocalize the text |
Religious Persecution under Alexander the Great
Even today, the Zoroastrians (that is, the followers of the legendary prophet Zarathustra) tell stories about a serious religious persecution by Alexander the Great, who killed the priests and ordered the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta, to be destroyed.…
Rey, Citadel, with a Qajar rock relief |