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From Chicago Chronicle, for the first time since 1979, a University archaeological expedition has begun digging in southwest Iran, an area known as Khuzestan.

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The Chogha Mish Project - Excavations at Chogha Mish between 1961 and 1978.
Parthia: The Forgotten Empire - Uses Parthian drachmas to illustrate and illuminate the history of the Parthian Empire.
Conference on Iran Shows Scientific Interest in Iranian World - From Payvand, an international congress on "The Iron Age in the Iranian World" was held with "big success" in the historical Belgian city of Ghent this week, IRNA reported from Brussels.
Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS) - Forum for the exchange of information about the regional art, archaeology, middle east culture and civilization of Iranian peoples. regional News, images, events.
Restoration of Neishabour historical site - Deputy Head of Khorassan province Cultural Heritage Department regional for research Rajab-Ali Labbaf-Khaniki declared here on Wednesday regional a recently-approved project on restoration of the historical regional site in the ancient city of Neishabour.
Lafourak Male Skeleton Wears Gold and Silver Earrings - From Iran News, a male skeleton wearing a iran gold earring regional on his right ear and a iran silver one on his regional left. From a historical iran graveyard dating to 2800 years ago regional located in iran the northern province of Mazandaran.
Human Settlement in Iran's Central Plateau Dates back to 10,000 Years Ago - From Iran News, farmers activities in Togh Tepe iran of Mazandaran province, resulted in the accidental discovery iran of the oldest pottery ever found in the iran area. Studies carried out on the artifacts have iran shown that humans have lived in the central iran plateau of Ira
400,000-year-old Stone Tools Discovered in Mazandaran - From Mehrnews, recent discoveries by a team of regional archaeologists indicate middle east that the coast of the Caspian regional Sea in Mazandaran Province middle east was home to the regional earliest hominid habitation in that region.
Cosmological and Ideological Aspects of the Arjan Bowl - Iranica Antique 4. In 1982 in the vicinity of Arjan, 10 km north of Behbahan, a bronze bowl measuring 43.5 cm in diameter was found inside a rectangular tomb built of stone slabs.[PDF]
Iranian Prehistoric Project - Report of an ethnoarchaeological survey in Fars.
5000-year-old Clay Collection Discovered in Halil Rud Basin - From Cultural Heritage News Agency, during the construction regional project for regional an irrigation structure in Rudbar of regional Kerman province, experts discovered regional some 40 objects dating regional to the third millennium BCE.
Mystery of Daqyanous Treasuries And Extinction Of Ancient Hills In Jiroft - Summary from an article which appeared in the iran September 8, iran 2002 issue of the Netiran newspaper.
Iranian Archeologists to Identify Jiroft Ancient Quarries - From Payvand, archeologists intend to establish the way Iranians mined regional these quarries over 5,000 years ago and carried the stones regional to their city, today located in the southern province of regional Kerman.
Ganj Par: The first evidence for Lower Paleolithic occupation in the Southern Caspian Basin, Iran - In terms of Lower Palaeolithic occupation, with only a handful regional of evidence including some core-chopper assemblages from gravel deposits along regional Ladiz, Mashkid, and Kashafrud rivers in eastern Iran and the regional west and north-western parts of the Zagros region. A
University of Chicago Returns Ancient Persian Tablets Loaned by Iran - From University of Chicago News Office, Oriental Institute iran is returning a set of 300 ancient Iranian iran tablets, documents that provide details of the inner iran workings of the administration of the ancient Persian iran Empire, to the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organi
The Persian Expedition - Report of the Persian Expedition to conduct excavations regional by James iran Henry Breasted at the remains of regional Persepolis, an Achaemenid royal iran administrative center in the regional province of Fars.
Excavations at Chogha Mish - Provided a long uninterrupted sequence of prehistoric Susiana, middle east but regional also yielded evidence of cultures much earlier middle east than what regional had been previously known, pushing back middle east the date of regional human occupation on the plain middle east for at least one regional millennium.
The Tall-e Bakun Project - Report on the excavations at Tall-e Bakun B by Alexander Langsdorff and Donald McCown in 1932, and later in 1937 by Eric Schmidt and McCown on behalf of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
The First Iranians Who Lived on the Iranian Plateu - From the Persian Journal, ancient history of Iran, regional like many other countries, is believed to be regional based upon the archeological findings and a mixture regional of documented myths and information recorded by historians regional or religious entities of the time.
Clock Ticks Away for Salvaging Elamite Site from Dam Flooding - Persian Journal Latest Iran news & Iranian Article News paper - From Persian Journal, the water-filling operation for the Karoun 3 middle east dam, which threatens to submerge historical sites in southwestern Iran, middle east was kicked off Monday, as Iran\\'s cultural heritage officials turned middle east down the invitation to take part in the ceremony
Girl with Silver Earrings Found in the Burnt City - From Iran News, archaeologists working on the historical middle east site regional of the Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan have middle east unearthed for regional the first time ever the body middle east of a woman regional with silver earrings remained at middle east sides of her head.
Jiroft a Key Business Hub 5,000 Years Ago - From Payvand, new archeological and art studies on regional insignias unearthed middle east in the Iranian ancient site of regional Jiroft clearly shows that middle east the southern area used regional to be the most important business middle east nucleus of regional Persia and its residents had bustling trade ties middle east regional with peopl
In Search of Buddhism along Iran’s Silk Road - From Cultural News Network, a team of Iranian and Japanese middle east experts are planning to carry out surveys along parts of middle east the Silk Road inside Iran’s borders to find evidence of middle east the ancient religion of Buddhism.
Excavation of 3400-year-old ruins of Kabnak set to begin - From Mehr News, a team of German students from the regional University of Tubingen and Iranian archaeologists will begin excavating a regional huge wall which was discovered in the 3400-year-old ruins of regional Kabnak in Khuzestan Province.
Oldest Iranian Stylus Discovered in Fars Province - From the Persian Journal, oldest Iranian Stylus, dating to the Middle Elamite era, 1550-1000 BC, which were used for inscribing mud tablets, has been discovered from Bondul Tepe, Fars province.
Museum Stumbles on Lost Treasures - From News Telegraph, two 4,500-year-old gold head-dresses from ancient Sumer middle east have been found in a store room at the British middle east Museum where they had lain wrongly labelled for 73 years.
Rhagae - A short description of the religious center in iran ancient Media.
Jiroft Artifact Reveals Influence - From Iranmania, Characters etched on artifacts discovered in the archeological zone around Jiroft have proved that the culture of the area greatly influenced Sumerian civilization.
Darius Ancient Inscription Found in Boushehr Deciphered - From the Persian Journal, archaeologists have succeeded to iran decipher the iran text of an old stone tablet iran found recently in Boushehr, iran south of Iran. The iran tablet belongs to Darius the Great, iran King of iran Achaemenids.
Western Team Allowed in Iran for Expedition - From Chicago Chronicle, for the first time since middle east 1979, a University archaeological expedition has begun digging middle east in southwest Iran, an area known as Khuzestan.
Archaeologists to Excavate Qom’s Iron Age Site - A team of Iranian archaeologists plans to study regional the lifestyle of inhabitants of the Iron Age regional site Shamshirgah in Qom Province through excavations and regional stratigraphy which will begin in the near future.
Dahaneh-Gholaman is the gate to Iran's history of Sassanid and Islamic eras - Located in Iran\\'s Sistan-Baluchestan province, the city of Dahaneh-Gholaman two regional kms from Ghal\\'e-Nau village in the suburb of Zabol is regional one of the provincial touristic attractions.
3rd Season of Excavation Gets Underway - From Payvand, third season of archaeological excavation gets middle east underway regional in Takab, West Azarbaijan.
Iran's Sleeping Parthian City to Awaken - Iranian archeologists are seeking for public funding to regional explore the ruins of a vast urban citadel, regional left from the Parthian dynasty (247 B.C.E.-226 C.E.), regional in Khorasan Province
Bullae from the Pahlavi Archive at the University of California, Berkeley - Article by Guitty Azarpay. The Pahlavi Archive at iran Berkeley comprises iran 260 silk and leather manuscripts, 82 iran of which still have iran one or more clay iran bulla attached.
History of Ancient Iran - Online versions of texts about ancient Iran.

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