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Sasanian helmets labeled “copper alloy” for 100+ years turn out to be partly brass, not bronze. A British Museum/Cambridge study reveals what that distinction means for understanding late antique metalworking & the origins of Islamic brass traditions. #Archaeometallurgy #SasanianEmpire #AncientIran #Iran #Archaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/brass-before-islam-what-the-sasanian
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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.
#AncientCivilization #LostHistory #AncientIran #Archaeology #HumanOrigins
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A mound in western Iran just yielded 7,000+ prehistoric seal impressions — the largest ancient administrative archive ever found. Two seasons of excavation, 132.5 sq meters, an entire Bronze Age bureaucracy. #Archaeology #AncientIran #BronzeAge @antiquity.ac.uk https://www.anthropology.net/p/7000-seal-impressions-from-a-forgotten
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One of the world’s earliest surviving chess sets ♟️
This nearly complete set dates to the 12th century and is believed to come from Nishapur, Iran. Made of molded and glazed stonepaste, the pieces take beautifully abstract forms. This set is now preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #AncientIran #medieval #chess
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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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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #neareast #zagrosmountains #AncientIran #ancientrituals #ibex
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Bronze Age burial of young woman unearthed in Iran reveals Greater Khorasan’s wealth and trade links
Archaeologists have unearthed the richest tomb to date at the Tepe Chalow site in eastern Iran, yielding new understanding of an enigmatic ancient cultural network now referred to as the Greater Khorasan Civilization (GKC)...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/bronze-age-burial-of-woman-iran-greater-khorasan/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #AncientIran #greaterkhorasan #anthropology #bronzeage
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11,000-year-old feast in Iran’s Zagros Mountains reveals long-distance animal transport and early Neolithic social rituals
Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that ancient human communities in western Iran, over 11,000 years ago, were engaging in grand feasting rituals with wild animals transported from far-off places, well before the dawn of agriculture...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/11000-year-old-feast-in-irans-zagros-mountains/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #AncientIran #neolithic
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UNESCO adds Iran’s Khorramabad Valley to World Heritage List, highlighting 60,000 years of human history
In a historic event for archaeology and Iranian heritage, the Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley were officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Paris on July 11, 2025...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/unesco-adds-irans-khorramabad-valley-to-world-heritage-list/
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#archaeology #AncientIran #neanderthals #homosapiens #Paleolithic #unesco
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 4/13 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Antiquity #AncientIran #ClassicalArchaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Persia #NearEast #Urartu #IronAge #Medieval #epigraphy #cuneiform #Rome #Sassanian #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 4/13 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Antiquity #AncientIran #ClassicalArchaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Persia #NearEast #Urartu #IronAge #Medieval #epigraphy #cuneiform #Rome #Sassanian #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 4/13 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Antiquity #AncientIran #ClassicalArchaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Persia #NearEast #Urartu #IronAge #Medieval #epigraphy #cuneiform #Rome #Sassanian #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 4/13 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Antiquity #AncientIran #ClassicalArchaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Persia #NearEast #Urartu #IronAge #Medieval #epigraphy #cuneiform #Rome #Sassanian #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 4/13 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Antiquity #AncientIran #ClassicalArchaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Persia #NearEast #Urartu #IronAge #Medieval #epigraphy #cuneiform #Rome #Sassanian #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 4/13 - 2025
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#Archaeology #Antiquity #AncientIran #ClassicalArchaeology #prehistory #neolithic #Persia #NearEast #Urartu #IronAge #Medieval #epigraphy #cuneiform #Rome #Sassanian #journals #openaccess
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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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Archaeologists uncover evidence of Neanderthal habitation in Ghamari Cave, Iran
Iranian archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of human habitation in Ghamari Cave dating back 40,000 to 80,000 years. The cave is located near Khorramabad in Iran’s Lorestan Province. Among the discoveries were stone tools, animal bones, and pottery...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/neanderthal-habitation-evidence-in-ghamari-cave-iran/
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#archaeology #anthropology #ancientiran #ghamaricave #paleolithic #Neanderthals
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 3/11 - 2024
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#Antiquity #Persia #Iran #AncientIran #fortification #AncientHistory #fortifications #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 3/11 - 2024
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#Antiquity #Persia #Iran #AncientIran #fortification #AncientHistory #fortifications #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 3/11 - 2024
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#Antiquity #Persia #Iran #AncientIran #fortification #AncientHistory #fortifications #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 3/11 - 2024
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#Antiquity #Persia #Iran #AncientIran #fortification #AncientHistory #fortifications #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Ancient Iranian Studies Nº 3/11 - 2024
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#Antiquity #Persia #Iran #AncientIran #fortification #AncientHistory #fortifications #journals #openaccess
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Archaeologists uncover ancient skeleton at 7,000-year-old Cheshmeh-Ali mound in Iran
Archaeologists have uncovered a burial containing a skeleton that likely dates to the Sialk III period, around 4300 BCE, at the 7,000-year-old Cheshmeh-Ali mound in Rey, south of Tehran...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/11/skeleton-at-7000-year-old-cheshmeh-ali-mound-in-iran/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #AncientIran #cheshmehali #anthropology
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4,000 clay seals unearthed in Iran reveal 5,000-year-old trade and administration systems
Archaeologists in Iran have uncovered over 4,000 ancient clay seals dating back 5,000 years. The remarkable discovery was made at Tappeh Teleneh, located in the Kuzaran district of Kermanshah province, western Iran. This site, first identified in 1998, has since been the focus of significant archaeological attention.
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/10/4000-clay-seals-unearthed-in-iran/
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Name of Iranian city ‘Shiraz’ identified on 1800-year-old Sassanid clay seal
Archaeologists have identified the name “Shiraz” inscribed in Pahlavi script on a clay sealing dating back to the Sassanid era. This ancient city, located approximately 60 kilometers south of Persepolis, once served as the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/04/name-of-iranian-city-identified-on-sassanid-clay-seal/
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#archaeology #achaemenid #AncientIran #Sasanian #qasreabunasr #shiraz #metmuseum
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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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#archaeology #archeology #archeologia #ancientiran #chlorite #lipstick #jiroft #cosmetics #bronzeage
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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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#archaeology #archeology #archeologia #ancientiran #cyrusthegreat #persepolis
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On the #ISAWNYU News Blog today: "Recent Publication by ISAW Prof. Dan Potts on Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran"
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/recent-publication-dan-potts-kinship-in-ancient-iran
"Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, 'Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran' is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran’s most ancient civilizations. Professor Daniel T. Potts brings together history, ..."
#ancientIran #ancientHistory #archaeology #Elamites #Achaemenids #Sasanians