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Greek Style Architecture Found in the Ancient Achaemenid City Achaemenid city of Istakhr in Fars Province Tehran , 25 June 2008: Archaeologists have used geological surveys in the south of Iran to reveal rectangular formations inspired by Greek architecture dating to the Sassanid era. Archeologists have said that the structures located in Fars Province are part of the urban planning of the ancient Achaemenid city of Istakhr during the Sassanid period (226-651 CE). The design is loaned from Hippodamus style of urban planning during a series of armed conflicts with Persias great rival to the west, the Roman Empire, said...

Lost Achaemenid City Rising from Bam Historic Site Bam Citadel, Kerman province where the Achaemenid city of Paishiyauvada was found Discovery of the Achaemenid city of Nashirmeh in the historic site of Bam has called to challenge the political history of the early Achaemenid era as the city had previously been expected to have been the same as Pasargadae, thereby disproving the theory that suggested Darius the Great was a usurper who occupied the throne. Tehran, 18 December 2006 (CHN Foreign Desk) -- Studies by a team of archeologists from Bam Archeological Research Institute led into discovery of a vast...