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2026-02-27 15:46
Museum director commemorates Arfa’i as pioneer of Elamite, Old Babylonian studies
TEHRAN – The head of the museum at Persepolis on Thursday marked the memory of professor Abdolmajid Arfa’i, an Elamite scholar and researcher of ancient Elamite and Akkadian languages, who died on Wednesday at the age of 86 after a period of illness.
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2026-02-25 18:03
Elamitologist Abdolmajid Arfa’i, decipherer of Cyrus Cylinder, dies at 86
TEHRAN – Professor Abdolmajid Arfa’i, Elamite scholar and prominent researcher of ancient Elamite and Akkadian languages, died on Wednesday, after a period of illness. He was 86.
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2025-10-31 16:57
Iran, Tajikistan seek UNESCO label for Cyrus Cylinder, famed as world’s first charter of human right
TEHRAN – Iran and Tajikistan have jointly submitted a draft resolution to the 43rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference seeking recognition of the Cyrus Cylinder as a global symbol of early human rights and cultural diversity.
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2024-11-02 17:31
Hundreds of artifacts from Sassanian and Babylonian eras unearthed in Iraq
TEHRAN - Archaeologists in Iraq have recently uncovered hundreds of ancient artifacts dating back to the eras of ancient Babylon and the Sassanian Empire.
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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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2023-01-29 21:00
Iranian archaeologists to perform survey in Babylon
TEHRAN – Surveying and excavating the historical sites of Babylon in Iraq along with assessing the need for restoration is planned to be carried out by Iranian archaeologists, CHTN reported on Sunday.
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2023-01-28 21:00
Ilam governor receives Babylon statue
TEHRAN – A historical statue of the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq has been presented to the governor of the western Iranian province of Ilam, IRNA reported on Saturday.