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Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran’s 5,200-year-old Burnt City, reveals a powerful Bronze Age civilization advanced in medicine, engineering, art, and urban planning, challenging long-held beliefs about where and how civilization truly began.
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Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibex-motifs-in-the-near-east-linked-to-fertility-myth/

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Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibex-motifs-in-the-near-east-linked-to-fertility-myth/

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Ibex motifs in the Near East linked to fertility, myth, and celestial symbolism

A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/ibex-motifs-in-the-near-east-linked-to-fertility-myth/

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AO THROWBACK - Persia to modern-day Iran has long honored a winged symbol known as the Faravahar. It has many interpretations and meanings ranging from Zoroastrianism to a general guardian spirit. https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-religions/faravahar-0014784
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2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup

Researchers analyzed a sample of kohl, a traditional eye makeup used throughout the ancient Middle East, from an Iron Age burial site at Kani Koter in Iran’s Kurdistan Province...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/2700-year-old-kohl-from-iran-ancient-eye-makeup/

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Oldest lipstick ever found discovered in Iran

Archaeologists in the Jiroft region of southeastern Iran have uncovered a remarkable discovery. Among numerous artifacts looted and later recovered, a small chlorite vial has been found containing a deep red cosmetic preparation believed to be an ancient form of lipstick...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/02/the-worlds-oldest-lipstick-ever-found-discovered-in-iran/

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Archaeologists unearth royal wall in Persepolis, Iran

A significant archaeological discovery at the ancient city of Persepolis in southwestern Iran has unveiled the eastern wall of a grand historical gateway, believed to have been constructed at the order of Cyrus the Great...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2023/10/royal-wall-unearthed-in-persepolis/

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