Abrizgan or Abpashan celebration is one of the ancient rituals in ancient Iran, which is held in Anaram Day of Bahman Month, coinciding with the 30th of Bahman. This celebration in Isfahan is also called Afrijgan. This celebration has its roots in an event during the ancient period of the Sassanid king and is one […]
Chovgan, Chogan, or Chowgan, also called the Persian Polo is a collective sport with horses practiced in Iran and Western Asia, considered the primitive version of the modern game of polo. From time immemorial it was considered a game played by aristocrats, on differentiated playing fields, and with specially trained horses. Today, Chovgan is practiced […]
There are numerous palaces and frescoes at Persepolis, but Tachar Château, or Palace of Darius the Great, and its ancient inscriptions are sufficient to demonstrate the history of Persian language and script from Achaemenid cuneiform inscriptions to Pahlavi Persian. According to Irantripedia, the Persepolis World Heritage Site is working on a series of study motion […]
The Sassanid Empire was the second great Persian empire of ancient times. The name of the empire, whose own designation was Iranshahr, is derived from the last pre-Islamic Persian dynasty of the Sassanids. In medieval Shahname, the dynasty is named after Papak or Babak. The son (in other versions: the father) of the ancestor Sasan. […]
