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2025-07-21 17:12
Archaeologists consider new excavation at Qal-e Kord, one of Iran’s oldest known human settlements
TEHRAN – A number of local officials and university experts held a coordination meeting on Monday to plan the sixth season of archaeological excavations at Qal-e Kord Cave, marking the continuation of work at one of Iran’s oldest known human settlements located in Avaj county of Qazvin province.
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2025-05-30 14:17
Groundbreaking discovery in northern Persian Gulf sheds new light on early human migration
TEHRAN - A major archaeological discovery in the northern hinterlands of the Persian Gulf is transforming our understanding of early human migration into Asia.
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2025-05-27 18:03
Wezmeh Cave in west Zagros reveals window into prehistoric ecosystems
TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological discovery, researchers have uncovered a remarkably diverse assemblage of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene animal remains from Wezmeh Cave in western Iran’s Zagros Mountains.
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2024-07-17 18:02
Systematic archaeological survey begins at Paleolithic site in western Iran
TEHRAN – Kermanshah’s cultural heritage department has commenced a systematic archaeological survey to determine the boundaries and propose a preservation area for a vast open-air Paleolithic site that is located in the western Iranian province.
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2024-05-25 18:16
Half-million-year-old evidence of human settlement found on the Iranian Plateau
TEHRAN - Groundbreaking findings from a team of Iranian and French anthropologists have confirmed that humans inhabited the Iranian Plateau approximately half a million years ago.
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2023-08-11 21:35
Tracing human history: Iran’s Bawa Yawan yields remarkable Palaeolithic arts
TEHRAN—One of the oldest known references to the human being can be traced in Bawa Yawan, a rock shelter situated in the Kermanshah region of western Iran.