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2023-05-22 18:40
Sheikh Heydar Mausoleum: uncovering secrets of ancient cylindrical tomb tower
TEHRAN - Tombs of prominent personalities have always held a high place in Iranian history. According to archaeological evidence, burials of different types, such as the use of rock tombs and different burial methods based on the diversity of faiths, existed millennia ago.
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2023-05-16 20:00
Parthian-era potteries recovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Residents of a southern Iranian town have submitted ancient artifacts to local authorities in charge of protecting cultural heritage, IRNA reported.
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2023-05-16 19:12
Bushehr to launch site museum of ancient tombs
TEHRAN – Bushehr’s tourism directorate has started preparations to launch a site museum of ancient tombs in the southwestern Iranian province.
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2023-05-13 20:54
Architectural elements of 12 Tehran churches examined
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts has examined the architectural elements of 12 historical churches scattered across Tehran province.
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2023-05-13 20:53
Shahr-e Yeri, nicknamed ‘City of the Mouthless’, to open to public
TEHRAN – Shahr-e Yeri, a unique archaeological site nicknamed ‘City of the Mouthless’ in northwest Iran, will be open to the public in the near future.
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2023-05-13 20:53
Iran tourism to reap reward if Ecbatana gains UNESCO status, governor-general says
TEHRAN – Hamedan’s Governor-General has said the UNESCO designation of Ecbatana will be providing a great opportunity for Iran’s tourism sector.
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2023-05-12 18:27
Iranian farmers grew rice some 3,000 years ago, archaeologists find
TEHRAN – Iranian farmers cultivated rice along the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea as far back as 3,000 years ago, an archaeological survey has discovered.
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2023-05-10 18:02
Sassanid inscription bearing prayer for mental health discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts have found a rack-carved Sassanid inscription that bears prayer for mental health.
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2023-05-08 22:00
Belad-e Shapur, a treasured ruined Sassanid city, undergoes restoration
TEHRAN – A new round of restoration work has commenced on Belad-e Shapur, whose ruins draw avid sightseers, historians and researchers to the ancient Sassanid city in southwest Iran.
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2023-05-08 19:04
Elamite figurines unearthed in farming land near Susa
TEHRAN – Fragments of two clay figurines have recently been discovered in a farming land situated near the UNESCO-registered Susa, southwest Iran.
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2023-05-06 20:40
Tepe Yahya: a journey through Early Bronze Age
TEHRAN - The last centuries before 3,000 BC were of immense significance in Iran and Mesopotamia as there arose distinguishing civilizations: the proto-Elamite and the Sumerian.
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2023-05-06 20:38
Archaeologists still hoping to find Laodicea Temple
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists is still hoping to find Laodicea Temple following several failed attempts made in the city of Nahavand, west-central Iran.
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2023-05-03 19:46
Ancient relics discovered on construction site in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient workshop and arrays of artifacts on a construction site near the Great Wall of Gorgan in northern Iran.
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2023-04-29 18:20
Isfahan’s archaeology-rich hill to undergo excavation
TEHRAN – On Saturday, Isfahan’s tourism chief announced plans to resume archaeological excavations on Ashraf hill, which previously revealed significant evidence about the touristic province.
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2023-04-29 18:20
Archaeological studies of Bushehr sites begin
TEHRAN - Teams of archaeologists have started working across Bushehr in a bid to shed new light on the history of human settlement in the southwestern Iranian province.
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2023-04-28 17:56
Archaeologies hail find of Sassanid relics in northeast Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has found arrays of ancient relics during its excavations conducted at a Sassanid site in the northeastern Khorasan region, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
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2023-04-25 22:00
Monitoring scheme to help safeguard archeological hill
TEHRAN – Alborz province’s tourism directorate has recently installed a monitoring system for Tepe Ozbaki aimed at helping safeguard the millennia-old archaeological hill.
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2023-04-24 00:00
Safavid mosque in southwest Iran to undergo restoration
TEHRAN – A new restoration work is to commence on the ruins of the Safavid-era mosque situated in the ancient city of Belad Shapur, southwestern Iran.
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2023-04-23 17:26
Qara Tepe: an ancient cemetery shrouded in mystery
TEHRAN – Over the past couple of years, teams of cultural heritage experts headed by archaeologist Mostafa Dehpahlavan have uncovered a wealth of information about an ancient cemetery, which is situated in the Segzabad region of Qazvin province, west-central Iran.
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2023-04-17 18:43
Remains of hydraulic system found at 700-year-old educational complex in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found a cistern and irrigation network believed to be benefited from a hydraulic system for supplying water to Rab’-e Rashidi, an educational complex dating back to the 14th century.
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2023-04-16 18:01
Step back in time: discover rich history of Tall-e Bakun
TEHRAN – Situated in Iran’s southern Fars province, Tall-e Bakun was continuously inhabited from c. 4200 to c. 3,000 BC. The site is one of the oldest yet discovered human settlements in Fars.
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2023-04-09 18:37
Glazed potteries, bronze objects unearthed in ancient port town
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found arrays of glazed pottery fragments, engraved earthenware, bronze objects, and glass shards during an urgent excavation project currently underway at an ancient port town near Chabahar, southeast Iran.
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2023-04-04 19:18
Archaeologist elaborates on Iron Age burial chambers
TEHRAN - Mostafa Dehpahlavan, an Iranian archaeologist who is credited with having found a wide variety of Iron Age burial chambers, has recently elaborated on discoveries his team made in Tepe Sagz Abad of Qazvin province.
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2023-03-15 18:42
Sialk hills, the story of 7,500-year-old ziggurat
TEHRAN - Date back to around 6000–5500 BC, the Sialk hills were hidden by farmland until a flood did so; no one else was aware of it.
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2023-03-13 19:29
Discover temple dedicated to deity of fertility and rain
TEHRAN - In ancient Persia, Anahita was the goddess of water, a guardian angel of fountains and rain. Moreover, it was a symbol of fertility, love, and friendship.
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2023-03-12 20:30
Historical core of Khorramabad to undergo archaeological survey
TEHRAN –The historical core of Khorramabad, the capital of western Lorestan province, is planned to undergo archaeological excavations during the Noruz holidays (starting on March 21), the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2023-03-11 19:27
Bronze Age settlement in southeast Iran undergoes excavation
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has commenced work on Tappeh Pir, an ancient human settlement estimated to date from the Bronze Age.
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2023-03-11 19:27
Archaeologists resume work in Burnt City
TEHRAN – Archaeologists and cultural heritage experts have commenced work in Burnt City, a magnificent UNESCO-registered site in southeast Iran.
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2023-03-05 21:30
A haul of Sassanid coins documented
TEHRAN – The Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism has recently restored and documented a haul of Sassanid coins previously confiscated by Police forces in Nahavand of Hamedan province.
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2023-03-04 18:37
Tepe Hissar: a cultural gem linking Mesopotamia to Central Asia
TEHRAN - Tepe Hissar is one of the first systematically excavated Bronze Age settlements in the northern Iranian plateau.