Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

A journey in Persia: Spectacular photos capture life in Iran, from colourful markets to mud villages and two thousand-year-old ruins


Heritage: Tombs of Achaemenid kings stand hewn into a cliff in Naqsh-e-Rostam. The ruins mark the burial sites of three kings from the 6th century BC Persian Achaemenid Empire


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Few travellers have ventured to Iran in recent years, the strict Islamic state which has eschewed Western influence ever since its revolution 35 years ago.