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3000-Year-Old Babajilan Cemetery to Be Excavated
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11 April 2007 |
LONDON,
(CAIS) -- The cemetery of Babajilan dating back to
the Iron Age (1400-550 BCE) will be excavated by archaeologists within next two
months. Illegal excavation in this site has already posed real threat to this
3000-year-old cemetery.
“Since
a large destruction have been posed to Babajilan historical cemetery due to
activities of illegal diggers, an archaeology team has been dispatched to the
area by getting the approval of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Organization (ICHTO). However due to heavy rains and snows in the mountainous
regions of Lorestan province, the excavations were wrapped up incomplete. During
previous excavations archaeologists succeeded in discovery of number of
historical relics which were remained from plunders in the area,” said Ata
Hassanpour, archaeologist working with Lorestan’s Cultural Heritage and
Tourism Department to the Persian service of CHN.
Location
of Babijilan in a mountainous region in Lorestan province has made the
accessibility to this historical cemetery very difficult, which is why
preservation of this cemetery against possible damages caused by illegal
diggers, most of whom are local inhabitants.
According
to Hassanpour, different parts of this cemetery have been plundered so far by
illegal diggers and the archaeology team hopes to rescue the remains of
historical relics which have been survived. “Bronze daggers, jars and earthen
relics were among the objects which have been gathered in this historic site”,
added Hassanpour
The
excavations in this site will be supported by authorities of Lorestan province
and a team of archaeologists are in charge of carrying out excavations in this
historic site.
Babijilan cemetery in Lorestan province which dates back to Iron Age (550-1350 BCE) demonstrates as the flourishing centre of bronze industry in this region.
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