Paleontology museum makes debut in Yazd
Submitted by mohtava on Sat, 05/19/2018 - 14:08paleontology museum showcasing around 400 examples of fossil remains was inaugurated in the central city of Yazd on Monday, ISNA reported.
paleontology museum showcasing around 400 examples of fossil remains was inaugurated in the central city of Yazd on Monday, ISNA reported.
Yazd on way to become first “City of Tourists” in Iran
The representative of Zoroastrians in Iran's Parliament hailed the peaceful coexistence among members of three monotheistic religions: Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism in Yazd pointing to the registration of the central Iranian city on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Development of scientific and international relations between Iran's Yazd University and Sapienza University of Italy was discussed at a joint meeting in Rome.
Yazd Province in central Iran has seen a five-fold rise in the number of tourists in 2015, says the deputy head of Yazd Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department, according to The Iran Daily.
Historical texture of Yazd Province is at serious risk partly because civil society seems to have adopted a passive and conservative attitude leaning on indifference toward the inaction and torpor of the relevant government bodies, a cultural heritage activist says.