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2024-12-16 17:47
Chogha Golan: archaeologists shed new light on origins of village life in central Zagros region
TEHRAN - Chogha Golan, a Neolithic archaeological site located in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in Ilam province, has yielded significant findings during the second season of excavations.
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2024-11-30 17:47
Archaeologist calls for increased excavations of Neolithic sites in Kermanshah
TEHRAN - Hojjat Darabi, an archaeologist and faculty member at Razi University in Kermanshah, has called for intensified archaeological excavations in the Kermanshah region, emphasizing its unparalleled significance for understanding the Neolithic era.
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2024-11-19 17:33
Archaeologists uncover prehistoric relics in northern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists has recently unearthed significant artifacts and architectural remains from prehistoric times in the Chahardangeh district of Sari, located in eastern part of Mazandaran province, northern Iran.
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2024-07-21 17:52
Discovery of a Neolithic site in Kermanshah
TEHRAN – Digging archaeological trenches around Genil hill in Harsin county of Kermanshah province, have led to the identification of a site from the Neolithic period.
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2024-05-15 18:13
9,000-year-old copperware excavated from Tepe Chaman to go on public view
TEHRAN - Newly excavated prehistoric items from Tepe Chaman will be showcased at the Azarbaijan Museum in Tabriz.
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2023-08-06 18:07
10,000-year-old remains of early Neolithic herders found in western Iran
TEHRAN – A new survey conducted on remains discovered from Tappeh Qazanchi, a 13m archaeological mound in western Iran, suggests they belong to early Neolithic herders who lived some 10,000 years ago.
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2023-07-02 19:56
Archaeologists find clues about prehistorical smelting workshops in Shahdad
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found further evidence about prehistorical metal smelting workshops that are scattered in the Shahdad region of Kerman province, southern Iran.
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2023-03-15 18:42
Sialk hills, the story of 7,500-year-old ziggurat
TEHRAN - Date back to around 6000–5500 BC, the Sialk hills were hidden by farmland until a flood did so; no one else was aware of it.
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2023-01-13 22:48
Tehran museum exhibits 7,000-year-old mother and child figurine to mark Women's Day
TEHRAN – On the occasion of National Women’s Day, the National Museum of Iran has put on show a 7,000-year-old clay figurine of a mother hugging her child.
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2022-12-14 12:06
Danish archaeologist Peder Mortensen, famed for Iranian studies, dies at 88
TEHRAN – The Danish archaeologist Peder Mortensen, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 88.
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2022-12-12 20:30
Haul of ancient relics discovered in Tehran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently discovered a haul of relics from the home of a suspect in the Kan district of Tehran province.
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2022-10-25 19:00
Yale researchers analyze obsidian artifacts unearthed in Iran half a century ago
TEHRAN—A team of researchers from Yale University has analyzed hundreds of obsidian artifacts, which were unearthed in Iran some half a century ago.
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2022-08-14 21:25
Archaeologists discover Neolithic, Elamite relics near Tehran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have recently discovered some prehistorical relics during a field survey conducted in Robat Karim county, which is situated southwest of the Iranian capital.
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2022-05-29 21:30
Village dwellers buried dead beneath houses, archaeological evidence suggests
TEHRAN – A fresh archaeological evidence suggests that prehistorical residents of a northwestern Iranian village buried dead bodies beneath their houses.
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2022-02-15 18:11
Anthropologist makes 3D maps to shed new light on Iran’s 'Treasure Valley'
TEHRAN – Julien Riel-Salvatore, a full professor of anthropology at the University of Montreal, has developed some three-dimensional digital map to rediscover Iran's Ganj Dareh, which means 'Treasure Valley'.
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2021-11-10 17:28
Clues about Homo erectus, extinct species of archaic humans, discovered in western Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has discovered stone tools such as ax and machete believed to be created by Homo erectus, an extinct species of archaic human, in the outskirts of Kermanshah in western Iran.
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2021-11-09 18:56
Prehistorical site discovered in southwest Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have discovered a gigantic prehistorical site, which is estimated to cover some 10 ha in area, in southwest Iran.