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A visitor looks at the ancient central relief of the northern stairs of the Apadana in Persepolis, at the National Museum of Iran in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Artifacts are on display at the National Museum of Iran, which houses exhibits from the early Paleolithic to the Qajar period, in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Artifacts are on display at the National Museum of Iran, which houses exhibits from the early Paleolithic to the Qajar period, in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Artifacts are on display at the National Museum of Iran, which houses exhibits from the early Paleolithic to the Qajar period, in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Visitors leave the National Museum of Iran in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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A bronze statue of a Parthian nobleman is on display at the National Museum of Iran, which houses exhibits from the early Paleolithic to the Qajar period, in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Garments and personal belongings of ancient salt mummies, which were first found in Iran’s Chehrabad Salt Mine in 1993, are on display at the National Museum of Iran in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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A man visits the National Museum of Iran, which houses exhibits from the early Paleolithic to the Qajar period, in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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An old elamite bronze chariot wheel from South of the royal citadel from the Susa period, is on display at the National Museum of Iran in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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Colored potteries from the Susa period are on display at the National Museum of Iran in the capital Tehran on September 19, 2021. Iran reopened museums after a more than year-long closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. A country rich in ancient civilisations and with a millennia-long history, Iran has an abundance of 746 museums, including 170 in the capital Tehran. They attracted more than 21 million visitors in the year before the outbreak of Covid-19 that forced museums to close in May 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
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