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2021-01-10 21:12
Replica of prehistorical ‘alchemy’ vessel built by Iranian potters
TEHRAN – A group of Iranian researchers and potters has reconstructed a replica of a prehistorical vessel, which is believed to be used for alchemy, a form of speculative hypothesis tried to transform base metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold and to discover a cure for disease and a way of extending life.
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2020-12-02 18:02
Historical relics recovered from smugglers in Kerman
TEHRAN-A total of 35 historical objects have recently been confiscated from smugglers in Kerman province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2020-11-23 20:00
Five historical relics donated to Kerman cultural heritage department
TEHRAN – Residents of Kerman province have recently donated five objects with historical values to the cultural heritage and tourism department of the southwestern Iranian province.
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2020-11-20 18:07
Ancient clay figurines, dagger recovered from smugglers
TEHRAN –A total of 32 historical objects have been confiscated from two smugglers in the village of Esfandagheh, near Jiroft, an ancient city in the southeastern province of Kerman.
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2020-10-01 01:30
Treasures of Iran National Museum: Stone weight linked to Jiroft and Bronze Age culture
TEHRAN - During the Middle Bronze Age, the Iranian Plateau experienced a short fluorescence of urbanism. Urban centers on the plateau, including Shahr-e Sokhteh, Hissar, Yahya, Shahdad, and Jiroft, were linked through an exchange network that connected the plateau with Central Asia, the southern coast of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Elam, and Mesopotamia.
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2020-09-02 20:26
French archaeologist Geneviève Dollfus, famed for extensive Iranian studies, dies at 82
TEHRAN - French archaeologist Geneviève Dollfus, who conducted extensive excavations in southwest Iran, has died aged 82.
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2020-04-25 21:48
Jiroft, a magnificent cradle of civilization
TEHRAN – The discovery of the magnificent Jiroft site came by accident in the very early 21st century when rounds of heavy flood along the Halil River swept the topsoil off thousands of previously unknown tombs and led to the discovery of many artifacts believed by archeologists to belong to the Early Bronze Age (late 3rd millennium BC).
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2020-03-04 20:57
Excavations suggest 6000-year-old administrative system in Iran
TEHRAN – Relics including seals, which have newly been unearthed in southeastern Kerman province, suggest that an administrative management system was practiced some 6000 years ago in the country.
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2020-03-01 19:20
Remnants of prehistorical settlement discovered in Iran’s Jiroft
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and German archaeologists has recently discovered remnants of a prehistorical settlement during a survey in an ancient hill in Jiroft, southeast Iran.
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2020-02-29 20:20
Iranian, German archaeologists, experts start project in Kerman
TEHRAN – German Archaeologists and experts along with Iranian fellows have commenced a joint survey in Kerman province, southeastern Iran.
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2019-05-24 20:00
Iran-Germany archaeological survey ends in Jiroft
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and German experts has finished their fifth season of archaeological survey in Jiroft, an ancient city in Kerman, southeastern Iran.
