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Welcome to Iran! Part 7: In the land of the Medes
This part of our journey brings us to a place that gives every admirer of Antiquity a thrill of anticipation: Ekbatana. That the Aechemenid Bisotun and the Median Nushidjan turned out to be much more exciting, however, was one thing we couldn’t have anticipated.
Human Faces Part 16: The Fratricide of Caracalla
Already the Roman emperors suffered from psychosomatic illnesses. This chapter of the series ‘Human Faces’ looks at why Caracalla was given sleepless nights by the assassination of his brother and what he did about that.
Welcome to Iran! Part 6: Of clay fortresses, mausoleum towers and Khosrow II
This episode is like a road movie. We are driving, and driving, and driving. And when we’re not driving we are visiting a clay fortress, way too many mausoleum towers, and the reliefs of Khosrow II in Bisotun.
Mausoleum of Suleiman the Magnificent’s heart discovered
He is considered as one of the most powerful rulers of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I, nicknamed The Magnificent. In the south of Hungary, archaeologists have now found what appears to be the mausoleum where his heart had been buried.
Welcome to Iran! Part 5: At the tomb of Jude the Apostle
For Armenian Christians Jude the Apostle is of enormous importance. It is to him that the Church owes its independence from Rome. In this episode we visit his tomb. But before that we drive to Ardabil, where the founder of the Safavid dynasty is buried.
Welcome to Iran! Part 4: The slaughtered lamb, or: just another day in Iran
Just like everybody else, Iranians like their time off. To pass this time, there are local recreational areas. We visited one of them: Kandovan, the Iranian Göreme. Part 4 brings you little history and numismatics but a lot of Iranian everyday life.