The Egyptian Rosetta Stone is one of the world’s best-known archaeological artifacts, viewed by millions of visitors annually at the British Museum. The Stone is a broken part of a bigger stone slab, with a carved message, inscribed in three types of lettering. It was an important clue that helped experts learn to read Egyptian […]
Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, and the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, are having to contend with stone-eating lichens, which have been eroding millennia-old monuments. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, Persepolis features over 1700-year-old colossal sculptures and intricate stone reliefs of ancient Persian kings, nobles and deities. The aim […]