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2021-09-17 19:30
Archaeologically-rich cemetery in southwest Iran preparing to host visitors
TEHRAN – The first phase of rehabilitation work has been finished on Shoghab cemetery in southwest Iran aimed to prepare the archaeologically-rich site for public visits.
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2021-09-08 22:00
Five excavators arrested in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – Police have recently detained five unauthorized diggers in an archaeologically rich province in northwest Iran.
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2021-09-07 21:00
Intl. conference to explore excavations in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN – An online conference focusing on the history and archaeological sites of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province will be held from December 13 to 15.
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2021-08-24 18:42
Discover Iron Age burial in Gilan: bizarre patterns and rituals
TEHRAN – Bounded by the Caspian Sea on the north, the province of Gilan situated in northern Iran is extremely rich in Iron Age cultural sites especially cemeteries. Also, Gilan was within the sphere of influence of the successive mighty empires of Achaemenian, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanids that ruled Iran until the 7th century CE.
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2021-07-18 21:17
Iranian archaeologists in search of new clues on history of Qazvin
TEHRAN - A team of Iranian archaeologists has found further evidence concerning the history of Qazvin, which was the capital of the Persian Empire, under Safavids, from 1548 to 98.
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2021-05-31 19:16
Ancient gypsum furniture discovered in fire temple central Iran
TEHRAN – Sets of gypsum furniture including an engraved table and chairs have recently been discovered during an archaeological excavation in central Iran.
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2021-05-10 22:23
Archaeologists excavate bazaar of Ardebil
TEHRAN - A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts has conducted a minor excavation at the Seljuk-era (1037–1194) bazaar of Ardebil, which is situated in northwest Iran.
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2021-04-14 10:41
Relic attributed to Neo-Assyrian king discovered in western Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologists have discovered a portion of a royal memorial inscription, which is attributed to a Neo-Assyrian king, in western Iran.
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2021-04-09 18:43
Archaeological survey to probe Sassanid relics in Sirvan
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologists are to commence a survey in Sirvan, a western Iranian town in modern Ilam province estimated to date from the Sassanid era (224–651).
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2021-02-22 21:30
Police arrest seven excavators, antique smugglers in northern Iran
TEHRAN – On Sunday evening, Iranian police arrested seven illegal excavators and antique smugglers while digging for historical objects on the outskirts of a tourist village in northern Mazandaran province.
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2021-02-21 21:05
Architecturally-rich Tepe Ashraf to be turned into open-air museum
TEHRAN – Tepe Ashraf, an architecturally-rich mount that has so far yielded ancient human remains and relics, will be turned into an open-air museum in the touristic city of Isfahan, central Iran.
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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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2021-01-02 20:21
3000-year-old urn donated to cultural heritage department northwest Iran
TEHRAN – An Iranian man has recently donated a massive clay urn, which is estimated to date 3000 years, to a cultural heritage department in northwest Iran.
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2020-12-22 20:49
German archaeologist Wolfram Kleiss, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 90
TEHRAN – German archaeologist Wolfram Kleiss, who directed plenty of accomplished archaeological explorations in Iran during the 1970s and 1980s, has recently died aged 90.
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2020-12-12 18:38
Six historical objects identified in Siraf port
TEHRAN – A total of six historical objects have recently been identified in the ancient port of Siraf in southwest Iran.
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2020-10-06 00:03
Experts trying to recover relics from Iron Age tombs before being submerged in dam waters
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts have so far discovered 25 tombs at an Iron Age cemetery in Mersin, north-central Semnan province, trying to retrieve relics before the ancient cemetery sinks into the waters of a dam nearby.
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2020-09-02 22:03
Protective measures planned for Neolithic site in west-central Iran
TEHRAN – Tepe Sarab, a Neolithic-era human settlement in west-central Iran, will be provided with some protective measures based on a periodic maintenance schedule.
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2020-08-14 21:54
By Afshin Majlesi
The absolutely magnificent ‘Gold Bowl of Hasanlu’: Sixty-three years later
TEHRAN – Sixty-three years ago, an Iranian man, named Emamqoli Mohammadi Hasanluei, unearthed a millennia-old gold bowl in the debris of a burned building, part of the major architectural complex at Teppe Hasanlu near the city of Naghadeh in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, a short distance south of Lake Urmia.
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2020-08-14 21:53
Jameh Mosque of Urmia undergoes new round of excavation
TEHRAN – An archaeological project has been commenced on the eastern side of the centuries-old Jameh Mosque of Urmia, which stands tall in the city of Urmia, the capital of northwestern East Azarbaijan province.
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2020-08-04 20:30
Iranian archaeologists find new clues on enigmatic Laodicea Temple
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has found further evidence to unearth the enigmatic Laodicea Temple in the city of Nahavand, west-central Hamedan province.
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2020-07-19 18:28
Archaeologist says newest Ecbatana excavations yielded ‘satisfying’ results
TEHRAN – Senior Iranian archaeologist Mehrdad Malekzadeh has said results of the 22nd archaeological season recently conducted on the ancient city of Ecbatana in west-central Iran were “satisfying”.
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2020-06-30 19:10
By Afshin Majlesi
Excavation sheds new light on mysterious capital of Medes in Ecbatana
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have unearthed new cultural relics and architectural vestiges that sheds a new light on the mysterious capital of Medes, which is widely believed to be in Ecbatana, an ancient city on the site of which stands the modern city of Hamadan in west-central Iran.
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2020-06-24 19:30
Prehistorical petroglyph bearing Pahlavi script discovered in central Iran
TEHRAN – A prehistorical petroglyph, which bears Pahlavi script written by ordinary people of the time, has recently been found during an archaeological survey in Teymareh region of Khomein county, central Iran.
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2020-06-22 20:30
Iranian cave estimated to date over 63,000 years
TEHRAN – Nearly one decade of archaeological surveys at Kaldar cave has concluded that parts of this western Iranian shelter date more than 63,000 years.
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2020-06-19 22:18
Ancient customs house being restored in southern Iran
TEHRAN – The ruins of an ancient customs house, which was once one the busiest and most prosperous in its heyday, is being restored during an urgent rehabilitation project on the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf, southern Iran.
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2020-06-14 23:08
Excavations at Iranian mosque unearth new evidence on life in early Islamic era
TEHRAN – Some historical objects have been unearthed during a round of archaeological excavation, which is currently underway in a centuries-old congregational mosque in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province, northern Iran.
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2020-06-12 21:24
Discovery of bizarre tomb offers clues to ancient life in Isfahan
TEHRAN – The discovery of the second giant jar-tomb in the sole historical hill of Isfahan has shed new light on ancient human life in the central Iranian city.
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2020-05-30 18:31
New survey to shed light on troglodytic architecture in central Iran
TEHRAN – The second archaeological season will be started soon on Tarkhoran troglodytic architecture in Tafresh, central Markazi province, deputy provincial tourism chief Seyyed Mohsen Rahmati said on Thursday.
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2020-05-25 18:25
Another archaeological season to commence on Laodicea Temple
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists is to conduct a fresh survey on the enigmatic Laodicea Temple, which is situated in the city of Nahavand, Hamedan province, west-central Iran.
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2020-02-12 19:18
Isfahan excavations bring to light relics dating from 4th-millennium BC onwards
TEHRAN – Newly-conducted excavations have yielded a fresh view over the olden days of Isfahan, a well-known historical tourism destination in central Iran.
