The Ancient Iranian Salt Mummies
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2018
In northwestern Iran, near the villages of Hamzehli, Mehrabad and Chehrabad, in Zanjan province, is a large salt dome protruding into the su...
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Makhunik: The Village of Dwarves
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2018
In a remote corner in Iran’s South Khorasan Province, near its border with Afghanistan, is a village that, until about a century ago, was in...
Towers of Silence
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2016
The Zoroastrians have an unusual way of disposing off their dead. They neither bury them nor cremate them. Instead, corpses are left atop hi...
Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2016
The Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse in Kashan, Iran, is a 16th century public bathhouse built during the time of the Safavid empire, which ruled...
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 29, 2016
The Shushtar Hydraulic System in the island city of Shushtar is a complex irrigation system that dates back to the time of the Achaemenid ki...
Dasht-e Kavir, The Great Salt Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 3, 2015
Dasht-e Kavir, also known the Great Salt Desert, is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian plateau, about 300 kilometers east-sou...
The Great Wall of Gorgan
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2015
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a series of ancient defensive fortifications located near Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, ...
The Disappearing Lake Urmia of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2015
Lake Urmia, in north-western Iran, was once one of the largest permanent saline lake in the world and the second largest in the Middle East,...
The Wind Catchers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2015
The middle eastern countries are characterised by a hot and dry climate, and so buildings and homes are traditionally constructed from thick...
The Pigeon Towers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 21, 2014
During the 16th and 17th century, particularly around the time of the Safavid reign, the Iranian folks built a large number of towers to hou...
