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2023-05-31 12:32
Digging deeper: a look into burial traditions in northwest Iran during Bronze Age
TEHRAN – Northwest Iran is a rich area of burial sites. For example, excavations in the Azarbaijan region have revealed a variety of similarities and differences in their placement, as well as in the structure, building materials, and funerary goods of their tombs.
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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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2023-05-06 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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2023-04-16 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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2023-03-18 19:13
Tepe Bazgir’s artifacts undergo restoration using Japanese expertise
TEHRAN – A group of Japanese cultural heritage experts have joined Iranian fellows to restore prehistorical metal artifacts previously excavated from Tepe Bazgir of Gorgan province in northeastern Iran.
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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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2023-03-04 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.
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2023-01-17 22:32
Tepe Gariran: the story of a Bronze Age civilization
TEHRAN – Tepe Gariran in western Iran was surveyed in 1931 by renowned British archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943), along with several other sites all over the ancient continent.
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2022-09-03 21:30
Police recover ancient bronze bowl
TEHRAN–A police department in charge of protecting cultural heritage has recovered an ancient bronze bowl in the western Lorestan province.
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2022-07-31 20:01
Traces of Bronze Age smelting workshops discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found new traces of metal smelting workshops, estimated to date from the Bronze Age, in the Shahdad region of Kerman province, southern Iran.
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2022-06-13 20:48
Drought unveils 3,400-year-old palace of Indo-Iranian empire
TEHRAN – Remnants of a 3,400-year-old palace emerged from the waters of the Mosul Dam reservoir in northern Iraq early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought.
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2022-06-06 21:26
By Afshin Majlesi
Expert hails find of ‘Bronze Age’ petroglyph in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A cultural heritage expert says a petroglyph recently discovered near Davan dates back to the Bronze Age, adding it may provide an extraordinary insight into the prehistoric life across the southern Iranian village.
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2022-04-11 17:54
29 relics repatriated from France on view at Tehran museum
Photo depicts three of the ancient relics recently been returned home from France during an exhibition at the National Museum of Iran, April 11, 2022.
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2022-02-26 18:53
5,000-year-old bowl recovered by Iranian authorities
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered a stone bowl estimated to date from the 3rd millennium BC.
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2022-01-01 18:24
Archaeological expedition finds 50 historical sites, relics in Isfahan
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has discovered over 50 historical sites and relics during its thorough expedition on the eastern basin and lands of the Zayandeh River.
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2021-11-09 18:56
Prehistorical site discovered in southwest Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have discovered a gigantic prehistorical site, which is estimated to cover some 10 ha in area, in southwest Iran.
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2021-10-02 20:46
Evidence pushes back history of human presence in Masuleh to late Bronze Age
TEHRAN – A series of newly-found archaeological evidence indicates the history of human presence in Masuleh and its surrounding mountains in northern Iran dates back to the late Bronze Age (2000-1500 BC), which is extremely older than previously believed.
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2021-09-11 20:30
Glimpses of copper and coppersmithing in ancient Iran
TEHRAN - History on the usage of copper is best understood when studied under the three stages of its use throughout human life namely, the Chalcolithic or Copper Age, Bronze Age, and the ancient times. And some anthropologists believe copper to be the first metal used by humans due to its softness and ease of manipulation.
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2021-09-06 19:31
Excavation sheds new light on Early Bronze Age in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – Fresh archaeological digs have shed new light on a long-lasting settlement in Barveh Tepe, northwest Iran, which is forecasted to date from the Early Bronze Age.
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2021-07-17 17:55
Jiroft: the story of how Iran became a cradle of civilization
TEHRAN – Until the very early 21st century, no one had ever dreamed that a refined forgotten culture could re-emerge from the sands of a remote and arid region in southeast Iran.
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2021-07-05 19:17
Bronze Age, ancient relics unearthed near once residence of ‘Iran’s Napoleon’
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologists have unearthed arrays of relics and ruined structures near a once resident of Nader Shah, often called the “Napoleon of Iran.”
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2021-05-22 22:06
Bronze Age Konar-Sandal getting ready for UNESCO status
TEHRAN – Preparatory work has been commenced on Iran’s Konar-Sandal to get the Bronze Age site ready for a possible UNESCO registration. The site is situated in the Jiroft plain of southeastern Kerman province.
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2021-04-07 20:22
Bronze Age earthenware donated to Iranian museum
TEHRAN – An Iranian woman has donated a Bronze Age pottery to the Astan Quds Razavi Museum, a vast cultural heritage exhibition located in the holy shrine complex of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad.
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2021-02-20 19:30
Iranian archaeologists begin demarcation project on Bronze Age site
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts has recently commenced a thorough demarcation project on a Bronze Age site in southeast Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2021-02-15 22:49
Archaeologists start survey at Bronze Age site southeast Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologists have commenced a survey at Konar Sandal, a Bronze Age site, which is situated in Jiroft plain of Kerman province, southeast Iran.
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2021-02-08 21:04
Iranian police seize millennia-old jug from smuggler
TEHRAN –An earthenware jug, estimated to date back to 5,000 years before the Bronze Age, has recently been confiscated from a smuggler in the western province of Lorestan, a senior police official has announced.
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2020-12-26 21:48
Jiroft culture: a ‘missing link’ of the Bronze Age
TEHRAN - Jiroft, a fertile plain situated in Iran’s Kerman province, is a splendid cradle of civilization, which dates from the Early Bronze Age (late 3rd millennium BC). Geological factors have led to it being overlooked for years by tourists and archeologists, who have generally been more interested in Mesopotamia some 1,000 km away.
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2020-12-09 22:36
Bronze Age relics, sediment discovered in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have recently discovered arrays of relics and sediment estimated to date from the Bronze Age in an excavation conducted at Tappeh Gerdi-Gouran in northwest Iran.
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2020-11-03 17:58
Archaeological survey resumed at ancient hill with Bronze Age relics northwest Iran
TEHRAN – The second archaeological survey has recently commenced at Tappeh Gerdi-Gouran months after the ancient mount situated in Iran’s northwestern Piranshahr county yielded relics and vestiges from the Bronze Age.
