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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL & CULTURAL NEWS©

ARCHAEOLOGICAL & CULTURAL NEWS OF THE IRANIAN WORLD

 

AUGUST 2006

 

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31 Aug:
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Unearthing 5000-Year-Old Residential Areas in Kola Tepe

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Director of British Museum Travels to Iran

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Brachiopod Fossils Identified in Sabzevar

 

30 Aug:
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Parthian Rhyton & Sassanid Coins Discovered in Damavand

 

29 Aug:
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Archaeologists Studying Hirmand Civilization

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Looting Rampant in Ancient Natanz

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Parthian and Sasanian Fortresses Discovered Behind Gotvand Dam

 

27 Aug:
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Achaemenid Engineers Constructed Pasargadae to Withstand Seven Richter Scale Earthquake

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9000-Year-Old Tappeh Sialk on Temporary UNESCO' World Heritage List

 

26 Aug:
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6000-Year-Old Kiln Transferred from Bolaghi Valley to Pasargadae

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UNESCO Demands Explanation for Industrial Town on Perimeter of Bistun

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Archaeologists Find 2,500-Year-Old Iranian Mummy in Mongolia

 

24 Aug:
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New Research Indicates Kurab Tepe Dates Back to 5000 BCE

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Discovery of Number of Sasanian Earthenware in Farafar Historical Site

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Archaeologists Discover More than 70 Ancient Settlement Areas, Including Achaemenids in Yozgat, Turkey

 

23 Aug:
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A Zoroastrian Fire-Temple Discovered in Duhok, Northern Iraq

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Azar-Farigh, the Forgotten Fire-Temple of Ardabil on the Verge of Destruction

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Lashtan Fortress to Try its Chance as a UNESCO' World Heritage Site

 

20 Aug:
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UPDATE: Excavation at Bukan's Ancient Mannai Site

 

19 Aug:
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Traces of Caste System in Iron Age Talesh

 

18 Aug:
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Zaranj Excavations Planned

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Earthenware Figurine Discovered in Bukan

 

17 Aug:
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Sarvestan Palace / Fire-Temple Complex Awaiting Funds

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Pre-historical Evidence Discovered in Mehr Ali Farsi Tepe

 

16 Aug:
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Discovery of a Partho-Sasanian Site in Valiran Region

 

15 Aug:
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Different Historical Layers Exist in Nader Tepe

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Bistun Threatened by Kermanshah Polymer Company

 

14 Aug:
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Human Settlements in Bolaghi Valley Terraced Back to 8000 BCE

 

13 Aug:
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Jareh, the Most Intact Surviving Dam from the Sasanian Period is Being Destroyed

 

12 Aug:
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Sasanian Stucco-Decorations at Bandian Will be Unearthed subject to Protective Measures

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Plan to Restore Columns of Parthian' Khorheh

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Afghanistan Hopes High for Rebuilding Buddha Statues

 

11 Aug:
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Destruction a Partho-Sasanian Fire Temple in the name of Development 

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A Section of Achaemenid City of Dahan-e Golaman Goes Under Water  

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One of the Walls of Parthian Edifice at Kuh-e Khwajeh has Collapsed

10 Aug:
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New Industrial Town Endangers Ancient Bistun

 

09 Aug:
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Some of Persepolis Reliefs are Missing since 1999

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Sasanian Da va Dokhtar Fortress Awaiting Archeological Studies

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Anubanini Bas-Relief Should be Added to Bistun’ UNESCO Dossier: Expert

 

08 Aug:
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Lack of Funding Leads to Devastation of Gilvan Ancient Site

 

07 Aug:
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Bolaghi Valley Ancient Ovens to be Relocated to Persepolis

 

04 Aug:
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Plan for an Archeological Survey at Partho-Sasanian Baq-Tepe

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Five Ancient Bronze Statues Confiscated in Ilam

 

03 Aug:
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Iran to Restore her Ancient Palatial Capital in Mesopotamia

 

02 Aug:
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Varamin Mounds Threatened

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Inscriptions Found in Haft Tepe Ready to be Deciphered

 

01 Aug:
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Search for Evidence of Writing at 6000-year-old Qoli-Darvish

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Dakhmeh Rooted from proto-Zoroastrian Era

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Road Work Stopped to Save Sasanid Dam

 

 

 

 

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