Iran Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The oldest human settlement in Iran discovered so far is announced by the team co-led by Iranian archaeologist Hamed Vahdati and French paleoanthropologist Gilles
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what they believe was one of the greatest fire temples in Iran during the Sassanid age, named after
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the world’s longest human conflicts in history was between the Romans and Persians. The Hundred Years’ War and even Rome’s long
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - More than a hundred historical sites are recognized in the basin of a 400 kilometer stretch of Halil-Rud River in the south of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Proto-Elamite script is the world's oldest system of writing that has yet to be deciphered. This Early Bronze Age writing was briefly
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A portion of royal memorial inscription, which is attributed to a Neo-Assyrian king, has been unearthed by a team of archaeologists in western
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts have started to dig trenches across Konar Sandal under the supervision of the Research Institute of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Millennia ago, the Burnt City (Shahr-e Soukhteh) located in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan and bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, was the largest city
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A total of 49 works of ancient art that had been looted and smuggled out of Iran some four decades ago have recently
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Unfortunately, there is not enough money for the restoration and conservation of one of the most valuable ancient archaeological sites known as the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Named after Alexander the Great this legendary place remains as mysterious as fascinating. Locals call it Zendan-e Eskandar and the original purpose of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists has unearthed a historical grave dating back to the Parthian era in a village of the western province of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Explorations have been continued in the ancient Liar San Bon, an archaeological site in Amlash, located in Iran's Gilan province at the southwestern
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - 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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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - We wrote earlier on AncientPages.com about a jar burial cemetery that was unearthed at an ancient historic site in Iran’s central city of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Jar-burial has a very long tradition and can be traced to various regions across the globe. It is noted to have been practiced
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During archaeological excavations on Tappeh Ashraf (Ashraf Hill), archaeologists have discovered stone water well in Iran’s Isfahan province that dates back to the Sassanid
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An accidental discovery of an ancient tomb chamber has recently been made in a graveyard near Sari, northern Iran, as an excavator was
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient petroglyphs in Iran represent a large part of the rock art (pictographs, or painting on rock; and rock reliefs) of this ancient
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Remnants of a drystone wall, known as the ‘Gawri Wall’ or ‘Gawri Chen Wall’, dated to the Antique Age have been discovered by Iranian
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered traces of early humans and their basic handmade tools near the village of Bangelayan, southern Hormozgan province. “Traces of early
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - This unusual figure is unique in many ways. It represents a winged half-human and half-animal creature credited with supernatural powers. It is made
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - The area deemed today as Iran has had a long history. The Medes first ruled the nation in the 9th century BC. However, the
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Even though his true name, Sarru-kinnu, meant ‘true king’, he took the name Sargon when he ascended the throne. Why he did this
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 3,000-year-old silver goblet has been discovered during excavation work carried out in the Ardabil province of northwestern Iran. The ancient artifact may have
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An incredible complex of tombs and artworks known as Naqsh-e Rostam ("Picture of Rostam"), or Necropolis, is located outside of the city of
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - These ancient structures, called yakhchals should not be confused with pyramids or ziggurats. The yakhchals (‘yakh’ means ‘ice’ and ‘chal’ means ‘pit’) are in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed five hundred ancient graves which could belong to either the Achaemenid (550-330 BC) or the Parthian (247 BC-224 AD) Empire. The discovery was made
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Archaeology
A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have initiated new surveys to examine sections of the ancient structure known as the Great Wall of Gorgan, located in northern Iran. Constructed between
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An ancient observatory from the 3rd or 4th century has been discovered by a team of researchers during excavations carried out in the south of Iran. Traces of the
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Today, Pasargadae are ruins of an ancient city in southwestern Iran, in the village of Mashhad-e Murghab, in the Zagros mountains, at an altitude
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AncientPages.com - The mysterious 1,700-year-old “salt” mummy with long white hair is one died of natural causes inside a mine. He is very well-preserved and he met a tragic
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the local dialect, the Chogha (also known as Tchogha) means abnormal hills, and “Zanbil” means the basket, and since this site was
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Impressive statues of ancient Mesopotamian rulers in the Louvre and the British Museum are famous. They bear witness to the wealth of Bronze Age Akkadian and Sumerian
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The underground city of Nushabad, known as Ouyi to locals is located 8 km north of Kashan in Esfahan province, central Iran. It's
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located 16 meters below the coral island, the magnificent city of Kish is true proof of ancient engineering skills. The subterranean city in Kariz,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - For centuries, Mesopotamia was thought to be the world's oldest civilization. The people accepted this until a 5,000-year-old temple was accidentally discovered at
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Shahdad's dwarfs covered the doors of their homes with mud and never returned. Why did they do it? Will we ever know? Welcome to
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Were ancient people familiar with computers? Is it possible the world's oldest data storage system was invented more than 5000 yeas ago? Scientists are trying to decipher
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