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2024-08-25 17:54
2,200-year-old Seleucid-era coffin to go on display in Lorestan
TEHRAN - A 2,200-year-old bronze coffin, believed to belong to a royal figure from the Seleucid era, is set to be displayed in Lorestan after 20 years, offering a unique glimpse into ancient Iranian history.
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2024-01-05 17:34
Police recover coins dating back to Seleucid, Parthian eras
TEHRAN – On Saturday, the tourism chief of Hamedan province announced the retrieval and seizure of 92 ancient coins dating back to the Seleucid-Parthian periods.
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2023-10-10 17:55
Archaeologists still hoping to unearth Laodicea Temple despite vain attempts
TEHRAN—A team of archaeologists is still hoping to unearth the ancient Laodicea Temple despite several unsuccessful attempts, the latest of which ended recently in the city of Nahavand, west-central Iran.
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2023-06-13 23:00
Ancient antiquities confiscated by border security forces
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have confiscated hundreds of relics, some of which date from the Parthian and Seleucid eras, from a cargo intended to be shipped from a southern port to the UAE.
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2022-10-26 18:35
Nahavand may attract more travelers due to archaeological feats
TEHRAN– Archaeological traces of Seleucid occupation in Nahavad may help turn the ancient Iranian city to be a major destination for cultural tourism, an archaeologist has said.
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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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2022-06-14 17:55
Archaeologists discover Seleucid tumulus, find no traces of missing deceased
TEHRAN – Efforts made by an archaeological team finally failed to discover the corpse of a high-ranking Seleucid official following the discovery of the ruins of an ancient tumulus in west-central Iran.
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2022-05-15 20:10
Archaeologists hail find of 'Seleucid satrap tomb’ in west-central Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists said on Saturday they had discovered what was believed to be the tomb of a Seleucid satrap or general in Hamedan, providing an extraordinary insight into the Hellenistic life in west-central Iran.
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2022-01-11 16:22
Seleucid, Parthian relics unearthed in UNESCO-tagged Bisotun
TEHRAN – In a recent excavation in Bisotun, an ancient UNESCO-tagged site containing bas-reliefs and inscriptions of Darius the Great, archaeologists found relics and architectural remains dating from the Seleucid (312 BC-63 BC) and Parthian (247 BC – 224 CE) eras.
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2021-08-13 17:54
Seleucid, Parthian and Islamic relics unearthed in west-central Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have unearthed relics dating from the Seleucid, Parthian, and Islamic eras as they were attempting to discover the ruins of the Seleucid Laodicea Temple believed to be buried under the modern town of Nahavand in Hamedan province, west-central Iran.