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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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2024-02-25 17:44
National Museum to host symposium on Iranian archaeology
TEHRAN – The 21st Symposium of the Iranian Archaeology is scheduled to be held at the National Museum of Iran from March 4 to 6, gathering a host of renowned archaeologists, related officials, and enthusiasts of the field.
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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.
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2023-07-12 18:12
Museum of Paleolithic Age to open in northern Iran
TEHRAN – A new archaeological museum dedicated to the Paleolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, will be open in the northern city of Rudbar in Gilan province, which is bounded by the Caspian Sea.
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2022-10-15 18:57
From the Paleolithic to the Mongols; a fragment of Iranian history
TEHRAN–Some of the earliest archaeological expeditions to Iran began in the mid-19th century, when British and French archaeologists investigated Susa and its surroundings in southwestern Iran.
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2022-09-20 00:15
Motla-Kuh to be demarcated for the first time
TEHRAN—Gilan’s tourism directorate seeks to organize an archaeological survey to scientifically determine the legal boundaries of Motla-Kuh situated in the northern Iranian province.
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2022-09-07 18:43
Archaeologists in Iran unearth 5,700-year-old skeleton of baby buried in wall foundation
TEHRAN - Archaeologists excavating Sialk hills in central Iran, recently made a macabre discovery: a 5,700-year-old wall foundation containing the skeleton of a baby.
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2022-07-31 20:01
Traces of Bronze Age smelting workshops discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found new traces of metal smelting workshops, estimated to date from the Bronze Age, in the Shahdad region of Kerman province, southern Iran.
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2022-07-13 19:13
Kermanshah enjoys one million years of continuous human settlement, archaeologist says
TEHRAN - Kermanshah is a unique region that enjoys continuous human settlement for a span of one million years, top archaeologist Saman Heydari-Guran said on Wednesday.
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2022-07-12 20:32
Ancient rock artworks discovered in northeast Iran
TEHRAN – Collections of ancient rock engravings have been discovered in a mountainous area south of Mashhad, northeast Iran.
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2022-06-06 21:26
By Afshin Majlesi
Expert hails find of ‘Bronze Age’ petroglyph in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A cultural heritage expert says a petroglyph recently discovered near Davan dates back to the Bronze Age, adding it may provide an extraordinary insight into the prehistoric life across the southern Iranian village.
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2022-02-25 18:19
Iran to host intl. conference on archaeology
TEHRAN – Iran will be hosting an online international conference on archaeology and cultural heritage, which is scheduled to take place from February 26 to 28.