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Smugglers entice archaeologists to excavate Babajian ancient mound, Iran Iran

Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 23 October 2006  Page Views: 8982

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Country: Iran Illicit excavations by smugglers at the 3000-year-old Babajian mound in Lorestan Province, Iran have drawn a team of archaeologists to the site to save the rest of the artifacts, if anything remains...

“The safeguarding of the Babajian mound faces many problems due to the fact that the site is located in a mountainous region. The path leading to the site is difficult to tread, but the smugglers, most of whom are locals, can easily overcome the challenge,” archaeologist Ata Hassanpur of the Lorestan Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department told the Persian service of CHN on Friday.

The smugglers have almost completely excavated the cemetery of the site.

“The site has been seriously damaged by the numerous illicit excavations, but the team hopes they can save some intact graves,” Hassanpur said.

Babajian mound has not been excavated before, but initial studies indicate that the site dates back to about 1300 BC.

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