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2025-10-03 17:46
Iran 6,000 years ago, ahead of Mesopotamia in innovation, culture
TEHRAN-- New excavations at the ancient site of Chega Sofla in southeast of Khuzestan province have provided a new picture of the history of early Near East civilizations.
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2025-10-01 17:45
4,000-year-old Elamite relief found in southwest Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have identified a small Elamite relief in Izeh, Khuzestan province, depicting a king in prayer to a sun and justice deity, Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage said on Tuesday.
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2025-09-30 17:37
Mehran plain is home to key prehistoric sites, archaeologist says
TEHRAN – The Mehran plain, situated west of the Zagros Mountains, is home to important archaeological hubs with evidence of human settlement dating back to prehistoric times, an archaeologist said on Monday.
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2023-06-10 20:54
Archaeologists use AI to read ancient Mesopotamian texts
TEHRAN – A system of AI algorithms has been created by archaeologists from the University of Bologna that can locate previously undiscovered archaeological sites in the southern Mesopotamian plain.
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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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2023-02-19 21:00
Archaeologists hail find of Sumerian palace in southern Iraq
TEHRAN –Archaeologists have recently discovered the remains of a lost Sumerian palace in the ancient city of Girsu in southern Iraq.
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2023-02-06 19:17
Linguists shed new light on Gilgamesh epic using AI tool
TEHRAN - Linguists at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Germany’s Institute for Assyriology say they have created an artificial intelligence (AI) bot to help piece together and decipher illegible fragments of ancient Babylonian texts. “The Fragmentarium” is the name given to it.
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2022-11-26 18:23
Azarbaijan Museum: intimate but intricate slices of Iranian history
TEHRAN –Azarbaijan Museum, which is located in the ancient city of Tabriz, may seem quite modest at the first glance, but it is chock-full of Iran’s rich history.
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2022-11-19 20:07
3,400-year-old city emerges in Iraq after months of severe drought
TEHRAN – A submerged city, estimated to date some 3,400 years, has emerged from a reservoir on Iraq’s Tigris River after months of extreme drought.