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  2. National Museum of Iran - Wikipedia

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    irannationalmuseum.ir. The National Museum of Iran (Persian: موزهٔ ملی ایرانMūze-ye Melli-ye Irān) is located in Tehran, Iran. It is an institution formed of two museums; the Museum of Ancient Iran and the Museum of the Islamic Era, which were opened in 1937 and 1972, respectively.

  3. National Museum of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Indonesia (Indonesian: Museum Nasional) is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Museum (Indonesian: Museum Gajah) after the elephant statue in its forecourt, its ...

  4. List of museums in Iran - Wikipedia

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    museum established in 1971. Anthropology Museum. Ganjali Mint. Kerman. Building dates to 1625, museum established in 1970. Glass & Ceramics Museum of Tehran. موزهٔ آبگینه و سفالینه ایران - Muze ye Abgineh va Sofalineh ye Irān.

  5. Shami statue - Wikipedia

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    The Shami statue is one of the main surviving works of Parthian art. It is currently in the National Museum of Iran (Inv. no. 2401) and was found at Shami (modern Khūzestān Province ), where there was an ancient sanctuary. The bronze statue is 1.94 m high. The man depicted is shown frontally.

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Iran - Wikipedia

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    The first three sites in Iran, Meidan Naghshe Jahan, Isfahan, Persepolis and Tchogha Zanbil, were inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt in 1979. [3] They remained the Islamic Republic's only listed properties until 2003, when Takht-e Soleyman was added to the list. [4]

  7. Azadi Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Azadi Tower (Persian: برج آزادی, Borj-e Āzādi; "Freedom Tower"), formerly known as the Shahyad Tower (برج شهیاد, Borj-e Šahyād; "Shah's Memorial Tower"), is a monument on Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the landmarks of Tehran, marking the west entrance to the city, and is part of the Azadi Cultural Complex ...

  8. History of Iran - Wikipedia

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    The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was known in the Western world) is intertwined with Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning from Anatolia to the Indus River and from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf. Central to this area is modern-day Iran, which covers the bulk of the Iranian Plateau. Iran is home to one of the world's oldest ...

  9. Category:National museums of Iran - Wikipedia

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