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2025-10-27 17:29
Evidence of Lower Paleolithic toolmakers may rewrite history of human migration to Iranian Plateau
TEHRAN - A massive prehistoric settlement discovered in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province is set to rewrite the history of early human migration to the Iranian Plateau, pushing back evidence of human presence in the region by hundreds of thousands of years.
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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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2025-01-11 18:11
Zayandeh-Rood’s revival underlined as national heritage
TEHRAN – Isfahan province’s deputy governor-general for political and social affairs, Ayoub Darvishi, has reaffirmed efforts to restore the Zayandeh-Rood River as a national and tourism heritage site.
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2024-08-19 18:00
180,000-year-old child tooth unearthed in Iranian cave
TEHRAN - Archaeologists have discovered a child’s tooth dating back 180,000 years in Qaleh Kord cave, situated in Qazvin, during the fifth season of archaeological excavations at the site.
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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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2024-04-13 18:06
Early humans lived on Iranian Plateau for 20,000 years after leaving Africa, study suggests
TEHRAN - Following the exodus from Africa around 70,000 years ago, early humans established a significant presence on what is now known as the Iranian Plateau, according to a new study.
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2023-11-07 17:27
History of Burnt City goes down 300 years earlier than previously thought
TEHRAN - The earliest period of human settlement in the UNESCO-designated Burnt City might have occurred in about 3500 BC, more than 300 years before what was previously thought, an Iranian archaeologist has said.
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2023-11-05 17:30
Unearthing the past: explore exotic graves of Iron Age at Tabriz museum
TEHRAN – A visit to the Iron Age Museum could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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2023-11-01 18:04
Field research investigates early evidence of perfume-making in heart of Iran
TEHRAN – Research commissioned by the Iranian Institute of Anthropology and Culture is investigating history, resources, know-how, and early evidence of perfume-making around the Zagros mountain range in the heart of the Iranian Plateau.
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2023-08-22 21:30
Eighth excavation season to throw new light on 9,000-year-old site near Tehran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists is to commence work on Tepe Ozbaki, a 9,000-year-old site, situated some 80 km from Tehran.
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2023-05-30 18:54
Iranian qanat masterpiece of creative genius, official says
TEHRAN – The Iranian qanat system stands as a masterpiece of creative genius and evidence of a creative civilization that flourished on the Iranian plateau, demonstrating their remarkable achievements, an official with the tourism ministry has said.
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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.