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MIDDLE EAST ROCK ART
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December 6, 2015January 10, 2017

MIDDLE EAST ROCK ART

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Rock art is one of the oldest legacies of humankind. One could argue that rock art is the basis of a writing system, conveying cultural messages, beliefs and myths. In Iran, rock art sites have been discovered in Birjand (Lakh mazar), Khorasan (Nehbandan), Yazd (Arnan), Sistan and Baluchistan (Nikshahr and Saravan), Isfahan (Gharghab and Kucherey...

SOIL CARPET “WOVEN”
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November 24, 2015June 20, 2017

SOIL CARPET “WOVEN”

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One of the most interesting and biggest events that marks the near end of the Solar year takes in Southern Iran. Here the southern locals get busy making giant Persian carpets out of the powdered colored stones found in the area. Every year many visitors, Iranian and foreign, flock to the south to take part...