German university and Iran cooperate on archaeological research

17 April 2005

The Institute for Egyptology and Ancient Orient Studies at Germany's Mainz University and the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research have begun joint archaeological tests in Iran's Haft Tappeh region.

The southwest German university is the first German university since 1979 to cooperate with the Iranian side on archaeological projects, according to university professor Dr Eva Braun from the Institute for Egyptology and Ancient Orient Studies.

The project is partially financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) which is a central, self-governing research organization.