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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL & CULTURAL NEWS©

 

MAY 2006

 

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31 May: Tarisha’s Historic Site in Danger of Destruction

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31 May: Discovery of Wheat Grains Inside a Grave as a Burial Offering in Gohar Tepe

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31 May: Oxford University to Publish “Cultural Responses to the Persian Wars”

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30 May: Jiroft Inscription the Symbol of Eastern Civilisation

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30 May: Date of Inundation of Islamic Regime' Sivand Dam, the Plague of Iranian Heritage Not Yet Agreed Upon

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29 May: Discovery of a Unique Sasanian Cylindrical Seal with Winged Horse Design in Dezful

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29 May: Restoration of Cyrus the Great' Mausoleum Underway

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28 May: A Sasanian Signet Ring with Inscription Discovered in Mazandaran

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28 May: Stronach and Parthian Sad-Darvazeh

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28 May: Bolaghi Valley, 7,000-Years-old Centre for Pottery

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27 May: Achaemenid Irrigation Channel Discovered Near Persepolis

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27 May: Skeletons of Bakun Era Mother and Child Resurrected in Bolaghi Valley

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27 May: “Sassanid Allurer” Entices Documentarian

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26 May: Remains of Achaemenid Palace Unearthed in Bolaghi Valley

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25 May: Discovery of an Ivory Scabbard in Lorestan

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25 May: University of Pennsylvania Translating Jiroft Articles

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25 May: Delay in Excavation, Destroys Gilvan Prehistoric Site

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24 May: Case Construction for Preservation of the Fourth Salt Mummy

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21 May: ICHTO Holds Exhibition of Documented Rock Inscriptions

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21 May: Traces of Early Settlements in Shahr-e Yeri & Marlik

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20 May: Destroying Ancestral Heritage in the Name of Development

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20 May: 13th Century Glassware Found in Kish

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20 May: Esfahan's Gavkhooni Swamp Shrinks to One-Tenth Since Antiquity

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20 May: Sistan's Ancient Games Festival Underway

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19 May: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Babak Fortress

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19 May: Large Number of 5,000-Years-Old Artefacts Confiscated from Smugglers 

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18 May: Plan for conservation, Keeping and Display of the Mummies from the Zanjan Salt Mines

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17 May: Stolen Capital Returned to Persepolis

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17 May: 7,000 Year-Old Kilns Found in Bolaghi Valley

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16 May: Remains of an Achaemenid Palace Unearthed in Bolaghi Valley

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16 May: ICHTO: Relocate 1700-Yeras-Old Sasanian Dam

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14 May: Blasting Operations Near Da-Va-Dokhtar Sasanid Fortress Halted After 28 Years

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14 May: UNESCO Assured About Choghazanbil Security

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13 May: Varamin’s Mil Mound to Undergo New Excavations

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13 May: Countdown Begins for Flooding of 6000-Year-Old site in Northwestern Iran

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12 May: Transportation and Medical Documentation of the Fourth Salt Mummy of Zanjan

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11 May: Cement Factory Continues Threatening Rey's Ancient Sites

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11 May: Achaemenid Quarry to be Rescued

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11 May: Iran's National Museum to Exhibit Rare Sasanid Plaster Works

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09 May: Another Dam Construction by the Islamic Regime, Another Crime Against Iranian Heritage

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09 May: Accidental Discovery of Ancient Armaments in Ardabil

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09 May: Ancient Texture of Esfahan, Shiraz & Tabriz Cities Endangered

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08 May: Discovery of 3000-Years-Old Artefacts in Minab

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08 May: French Archaeologists to Study Prehistoric Lifestyles in Northern Iran

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06 May: 6,000-Years-Old Hill Sold to be Pillaged

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06 May: Islamic Regime's Sahand Dam, Drowns 4000 Year-old Iranian Heritage

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06 May: Konar Sandal Ziggurat Will Undergo Repairs

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06 May: 40,000 Tons of Debris Moved From Bam Citadel

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05 May: Majority of Kuhdasht Archaeological Sites are Partho-Sasanian

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05 May: Skeletons of Pre-Historic Children to be Examined in Britain

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04 May: Wall of an Unknown Parthian Fortress became Visible After Rainfall

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04 May: Discovery of Twelve 5,000-Years-Old Iron Forges in Bandar Lengeh

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04 May: Kermanshah Will Host International Archaeology Seminar

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04 May: UNESCO to Compile Gandhara Artefact Database

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03 May: Shapur the Great' Statue to Be Reinstalled

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03 May: 3000-Year-Old Cemetery Discovered in Minab

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01 May: 7000-Year-Old Mass Grave Discovered in Bolaghi Gorge

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01 May: Plunderers Strike Roudan Cemetery

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01 May: Shahyad Tower Awaiting Repairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

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