✦ Issue #10 · July 10, 2026
This Week at YouTubePersianMusic
Here's what we're reading and writing about this week at YouTubePersianMusic. Catch up on our latest stories below.
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The Arch That Outlasted an Empire: Ctesiphon and the Forgotten Capital of the Persian World
Ctesiphon was capital of two Persian empires for nearly 800 years. Its last survivor, the Taq Kasra, remains the largest unreinforced brick vault ever built.
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Achaemenid Empire and its conquests
The Garden as Universe: How Persia's Ancient Design for Paradise Traveled Across the World
Discover how the Persian chaharbagh garden encodes a cosmological vision of paradise—and how it shaped iconic designs from the Alhambra to the Taj Mahal.
Religious practices before modern times
The City That Learned to Breathe: How Yazd Turned Desert Survival Into Architectural Genius
Discover how Yazd's windcatchers, qanats, and mud-brick streets form a millennium of desert survival genius — and why UNESCO calls it one of Earth's oldest livi…
Role of women in historical society
The City Built from Roman Defeat: What Bishapur Reveals About Sasanian Power and the Art of Imperial Humiliation
Bishapur, founded by Shapur I after capturing Roman Emperor Valerian, reveals how Sasanian Persia used cities, rock reliefs, and hybrid art to broadcast imperia…
Ancient Persian customs and rituals
The City That Outlasted Three Empires: Why Susa Has Been a Capital of Power for 6,000 Years
Susa (Shush) served as the royal capital of Elamite, Achaemenid, and Parthian empires. Discover why its layered ruins tell one of history's greatest stories.
Architectural innovations in Persian design
Beneath the Desert: How Iran's Ancient Underground Waterways Made Civilization Possible
Discover how Iran's 3,000-year-old qanat underground aqueducts used gravity alone to sustain civilizations in some of the world's most forbidding deserts.
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