Megalithic Portal: Latest from Iran

Susa (Iran)

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:56:47 GMT

]]>'Crowd-sourcing' website to help decipher ancient writing. Ancient Elamite capital city dating from about 4000 BCE, incorporated by Sargon the Great into his Akkadian Empire in approximately 2330 BCE, probably named after the lilies that grow in large numbers in this region.

Hasanlu Tepe

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:04:02 GMT

. Teppe Hasanlu is an archeological site of an ancient city located in northwest Iran (in the province of West Azarbaijan), a short distance south of Lake Urmia. The nature of its destruction at the end of the 9th century BC essentially froze one layer of the city in time, providing researchers with extremely well preserved buildings, artifacts, and skeletal remains from the victims and enemy combatants of the attack.

Hajji Firuz Tepe

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:44:38 GMT

. Ancient Settlement in Iran. Hajji Firuz Tepe is an archaeological site located in West Azarbaijan province in northwestern Iran. The site was excavated between 1958 and 1968 by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Godin Tepe

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:31:26 GMT

]]>Beer and slingshot to go: ancient 'takeaway' window discovered in Iran. Godin Tepe is a multi-level prehistoric and historic settlement site in western Iran, situated in the valley of Kangavar in Kermanshah Province. Discovered in 1961, the site was excavated from 1965 to 1973 by a team from the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada).

Yanik Tepe

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:46:30 GMT

. Ancient Village or Settlement in Iran

Arastu Tepe

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:46:03 GMT

. Ancient Village or Settlement in Iran

Gohar Tepe

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:37:21 GMT

]]>An artefact confirmed as a musical instrument and a dice discovered at Gohar Tepe, see latest comment. Ancient Site in Iran. Gohar Tepe historical site, with a 50 hectare area, is one of the most important historical sites of Mazandaran province. It is believed that Gohar Tepe once enjoyed a complicated urbanization with a history that goes back to some 5000 years ago.

Mianroud Mound

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:12:13 GMT

. Ancient Settlement in Iran.

Burnt City

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:17:39 GMT

Burnt City Woman Buried with Prosthetic Eye, Now Reconstructed. See comment.. Ancient Temple in the region of Sistan, Iran. One of the most ancient sites in Iran is The Burnt City, located in the Eastern part of the country, South of Zabol in the region of Sistan. The unexpected appearance & the quick disappearance of the city baffled experts for years.

Vigol

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:22:42 GMT

Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies describes latest dig season at a Zoroastrian settlement.. Ancient Settlement in Esfahan Province.Two adjacent Sasanian dynastic sites (224-651 CE) each with large fortresses. Recent discoveries include a Sasanian (Zoroastrian) fire temple and metal-melting workshop.