Russa was one of the Orartoie cities in the 9th century BC., and during the reign of Russa II (the Orartoie ruler) was a flourishing city. Russa II, (son of Argishti II), after the completion of the city, affixed an engraving or inscription. This inscription weighed 110 kg. 72 cm in length, width of 56 cm and 11 cm in thickness. This inscription has 16 engraved lines of script.
The township of Maku (or Makoo) is a city in the West Azerbaijan Province the northwestern most region of Iran, is mountainous and beautiful. Maku is within international borders from three sides, its capital is the city of Maku, located 939 km. from Tehran. With a moderate ...
The Monastery of Saint Thaddeus (named in honor of Apostle Thaddeus, in Armenian, Tadevos) near Maku and Chaldoran is extremely isolated in every sense of the ...
This church (located near Maku in West Azerbaijan Province), built on a rocky elevation near Zangomar River atop a rocky elevation some 600 years back, was exposed ...
Maku Castle (Ghopan Castle, Qapan Castle, Qopan Castle) lies 36 km. east of Maku city in West Azerbaijan Province. It is constructed on a flat land created by cooled ...
Aras, which in Azarbayjani language is called "Araz", is the most important river in northern Iran and Azarbayjan provinces. This river originates from the Goel ...
Kolah Farangi Mansion is located in the Imam Avenue in Maku (West azarbaijan Province in Northwest of IRAN) and formerly belonged to Ali Qoli Khan Bayat (Aligholi ...
This bridge is located 5 km. from Maku on the Zangmar River, and is a monument from the Safavid era. This bridge was constructed in order to facilitate communications ...
Naqsh-e Rustam is an ancient necropolis, located in the village of Zangi-Abad, to the north of the city of Marvdasht in Fars province. This ancient site which is ...
Taq-e Bostan series near Kermanshah is one of the unprecedented historical monuments in Iran and the world which is the first stone animation in the world with ...
The Anubanini petroglyph (Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II or Sarpol Zohab relief) is a rock relief from the Isin-Larsa period (circa 2300 BC or early second millennium BC) ...
At 76 km. of the Orumieh-Salmas Road there is a village known as Khan Takhti. There is a huge flat slab of stone in the heights on which the encarvings of Khan ...
Naqsh-e Rustam (meaning Throne of Rustam) is located approximately 5 km (3 miles) to the northwest of Persepolis, the capital of the former Achaemenid (Persian) ...
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