TEHRAN – A collection of Sangsari carpets, handwoven by nomad people, is set to go on show in Italy.

“We are planning to hold an exhibition of Sangrasi carpets in Italy from March 18 to April 6,” ISNA quoted a local official as saying on Saturday.

Sangsari rugs and carpets are made by nomadic people in Mehdishahr, Semnan province, north-central Iran.

TEHRAN – Creating handicrafts is a significant way of spreading culture, the new deputy tourism minister for handicrafts Maryam Jalali Dehkordi has said.  

“When handicrafts are infused with identity and art, they are no longer featureless productions but they are cultural ambassadors,” Jalali Dehkordi said on Friday. 

She made the remarks in a

TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists has uncovered new clues about a prehistorical settlement in the Marvdasht plain of Fars province in southern Iran.

Evidence from a prehistorical settlement has come to light after archaeologists carved several trenches in Tall-e Qaleh to study cultural layers of the ancient mount, CHTN quoted archaeologist

TEHRAN – “Vincent’s Starry Night and Other Stories: A Children’s History of Art” by the British author and art historian Michael Bird has been published in Persian.

Published by Now, the Persian edition also carries the original illustrations by Kate Evans. Narges Entekhabi is the translator of the book originally published in 2016.

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