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Funerary Sites

Excavations of Bronze Age Funerary Sites in Arran Province (Nowadays Republic of Azerbaijan). By: G. Goscharly, D. Maynard, R. Moore & N. Musei. A number of archaeological sites are being excavated in advance of construction of the BTC pipeline in former Iranian province of Arran today known as the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Institute of Arch...

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Pre-Achaemenid Vilage Discovered in Iran

Discovery of a village belonging to the pre-Achaemenid period in Gandab historical site in Semnan province has stunned archeologists. Considering the existence of a 1.5-hecatare cemetery in the area, archeologists believe that about 100 families might have lived in this historical village during the Iron Age III. "Discovery of a village belonging t...

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Choghazanbil

Choqa (or Chogha) Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia. It was built about 1250 BCE by the king Untash-Napirisha, mainly to honour the great god Inshushinak .The ziggurat is considered to be the best preserved example in the world. In 1979, Choqa Zanbil ...

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Parthian Empire Coins

In 247 BC, Arsaces, leader of a Scythian group in Central Asia called the Parni (a branch of the Dahae) is crowned king. He overthrows the Seleucid governor of Parthia in 238 BC and establishes a nation that lasts for almost 500 years. 95 - 57 BC is referred to as the Parthian 'dark age,' and civil wars make the chronology of this period a matter o...

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Battles of the Achaemenid Empire Timeline

The Persian wars. 490 - 448 BC...

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Ancient Iran Site Map Oriental Institute

This first installment of the Oriental Institute Map Series presents seven Site Maps covering the ancient Near East (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran), locating primary archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses set against a plain background. They enlarge to 300 dpi. Oriental Institute, University of Chicago....

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Achaemenid Archaeology - History & Method of Research

The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS) IRANIAN ART & ARCHAEOLOGY: ACHAEMENID DYNASTY By: Professor David Stronach. Patterns of discovery. While outside Iran the Bible, the Histories of Herodotus, and a host of other early sources served to preserve a knowledge of the conquests of Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great, in Iran itself all ac...

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29 Achaemenid Governmental Seats

Archeologists in Search of 29 Achaemenid Governmental Seats. By Soudabeh Sadigh. Discovery of one of 30 governmental seats in Nourabad Mamasani, Fars province, which were constructed during Achaemenid dynastic era has encouraged archeologists to undertake further excavations on the ancient path of Persepolis to Susa to find the other 29 centers....

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Archaeological Discoveries at Susa

The progress of oriental archaeology leads us from one surprise to another. Year after year discoveries are made in rapid succession, which we watch with breathless interest as they transform and elucidate some chapter in the history of those primitive civilizations from which our own is in part derived. Following the discoveries made in ChaldÃ"a, ...

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The Large Choghazanbil Temple

CHOGHÂZANBIL (A LARGE TEMPLE FOR GOD). The large Choghazanbil temple is one of the three ancient monuments in Iran which have been registered in the Index of World Heritage. The Elamites built this temple approximately 1250 BCE and it resembles the architecture employed in the Egyptian pyramids and Mayan temples.The king, his queen and the crown p...

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