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Mans hands playing the Ney, a persian flute, in the House of Strength, Esfahan, Iran (sound available)
Mans hands playing the Ney, a persian flute, in the House of Strength, Esfahan, Iran (sound available)
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CLEAN : Ultra Orthodox celebrate Purim with drink
CLEAN : Ultra Orthodox celebrate Purim with drink
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Iran hosts first international marathon
CLEAN : Iran hosts first international marathon
Bridgeman Arts
Unknown Artists, Treasures of the Achaemenid Empire no3
Named after Achaimenes, the legendary leader of the great Persian migration around 701 B.C., where the Kings of the Achaemenid dynasty were generous sponsors of Art and Architecture. Slowly but surely the result was a heterogeneous...
Bridgeman Arts
Unknown Artists, Treasures of the Achaemenid Empire no2
Named after Achaimenes, the legendary leader of the great Persian migration around 701 B.C., where the Kings of the Achaemenid dynasty were generous sponsors of Art and Architecture. Slowly but surely the result was a heterogeneous...
Bridgeman Arts
The Wonders of the Creation and the Curiosities of Existence by Zakariya 'Ibn Al-Qazwini - Part 1
The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence was compiled in 1270 by Zakariya Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit in Iraq. It remained popular reading for centuries. It is an illustrated compendium, which describes the many marvels...
Bridgeman Arts
The Wonders of the Creation and the Curiosities of Existence by Zakariya 'Ibn Al-Qazwini - Part 2
The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence was compiled in 1270 by Zakariya Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit in Iraq. It remained popular reading for centuries. It is an illustrated compendium, which describes the many marvels...
Bridgeman Arts
The Wonders of the Creation and the Curiosities of Existence by Zakariya 'Ibn Al-Qazwini - Part 3
The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence was compiled in 1270 by Zakariya Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit in Iraq. It remained popular reading for centuries. It is an illustrated compendium, which describes the many marvels...
Curated Video
Olympic Medalist Kimia Alizadeh Defects From Iran
The 21-year-old wrote that Iran has used her as a political "tool" and that she has defected because of "hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery."
Curated Video
Ancient Hebrew manuscripts discovered in caves in Taliban stronghold unveiled
1. Close on manuscripts written in Hebrew characters
2. Mid of Haggai Ben-Shammai, academic director of Israel's National Library, showing manuscripts in Hebrew characters
3. Various of journalist looking at manuscripts in Hebrew...
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The Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani
Rashid al-Din Tabib, also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247 - 1318), was a Persian physician, writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history volume, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language. He was the Grand...
Bridgeman Arts
Bahrain 1960s - His Highness Sheikh Sir Salman II bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain, with his entourage. Shipbuilding at Mina Salman Port in Manama.
Clip 2 from French language film about Bahrain in the 1960s. His Highness Sheikh Sir Salman II bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain, with his entourage. Persian boats and barges under construction.
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CLEAN: Iran weaves technology into its Persian carpets
CLEAN: Iran weaves technology into its Persian carpets
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1937 fashion show of fur coats
Title card: 'Furs Go Further' / title: 'New York City' / One million dollars worth of fur coats piled on top of each other / models parade in fur coats of various lengths, styles and colors / CU models in coats of silver fox, chinchilla,...
Sky News
Prince of Wales visits Llantrisant woodland
CLEAN: Shows exterior shots Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, talking to people clearing woodland using horses and performing logging activities. The Prince of Wales, the longest-serving holder of the title in history , is visiting Wales...
Curated Video
Pandemic tests Sweden's image of equal society
The sound of prayer crackling through small computer speakers broke through the silence in the empty hall of Sweden's largest Shia mosque as Akil Zahiri sat alone coordinating an online video call with the congregation in memory of a...
Bridgeman Arts
Timurid Miniatures Part II
By bringing craftsmen from different conquered lands to his capital in Samarqand, Timur initiated one of the most brilliant periods in Islamic art. Timurid art and architecture provided inspiration to lands stretching from Anatolia to...
Bridgeman Arts
Treasures of Ancient Persia no2
The emergence of the Islamic epoch in Iranian culture doesn't stop at pre-islamic history. A continuation of Parthian, Achaemenid and Sasanian decorative motives and architectural elements influences contemporary artistic creations in...
Bridgeman Arts
Unknown artist, Treasures of Ancient Persia no1
The emergence of the Islamic epoch in Iranian culture doesn't stop at pre-islamic history. A continuation of Parthian, Achaemenid and Sasanian decorative motives and architectural elements influences contemporary artistic creations in...
Bridgeman Arts
Timurid Miniatures Part I
By bringing craftsmen from different conquered lands to his capital in Samarqand, Timur initiated one of the most brilliant periods in Islamic art. Timurid art and architecture provided inspiration to lands stretching from Anatolia to...