Talking with Riccardo Zipoli, distinguished Iranologist and photographer. My friendship with Riccardo Zipoli took place in the world of texts and computer screens, where his flexibility and ...

Studio Ossidiana, founded by Alessandra Covini and Tomas Dirrix, investigates architectural materials through experimental research projects. Their recent work "Petrified Carpets" explores the "ideal ...

The Persian Garden consists of a collection of nine gardens, selected from various regions of Iran, which tangibly represent the diverse forms that this type of designed garden has assumed over the ...

Installation view, Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The Houston Museum of ...

The findings were published online on Jan. 30, 2026, by Cambridge University Press in a study conducted under the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project, a ...