JULY 2005 CAIS Archaeological & Cultural News - Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies©

	01 July: Iran to Commemorate Iranian Hero Babak at his Castle
	01 July: Lost Median Medallion Found After 30 Years
	02 July: Experts to Guide Visitors at Dež-e Babak (Babak Fort)
	02 July: Iranian Zoroastrian Anthropology Museum opens in Kerman
	02 July: 6000-Year-Old Clay Coupons Discovered in Southern Iran
	02 July: Controversy Over Illegal Road Construction at Sasanian Hunting Ground Continues
	03 July: Archaeologists to Reopen Persepolis Ancient Sewage System
	03 July: Historic Map of North Khuzestan Under Compilation
	03 July: Archaeologists Studying Sasanid city in Ilam Province
	04 July: Concerns Over Illegal Road Construction Plan Over Ancient Bistun Site
	05 July: Amphibian Fossils Discovered Near Isfahan
	07 July: A Feminist Village in Iran
	07 July: Aryan (Old-Persian) Cuneiform Predating Darius the Great
	09 July: Remnants of Ancient Castle Unveiled in Nahavand
	11 July: Footballers Trampling on Ancient Sites of Susa
	11 July: Constructions Threaten Submerged Sites
	12 July: Shards Bearing Garduneh-e Mehr (Swastika) Motif Found at Elamite site in Khuzestan
	12 July: National Flag Rooted in Iranian Myth
	13 July: Achaemenid Era Stone Fragments Discovered Near Shiraz
	15 July: Soltaniyé Joined the UNESCO List of World Heritage
	17 July: Discovery of Three Thousand-Year-Old Remains of Burial Rituals in Qom Altars
	17 July: Median Structures Found in Moosh Tappe
	17 July: Authenticity of Oxus Treasure to be Examined by Iranian Expert at British Museum
	18 July: Persepolis Endangered by Smoke from Burning Fields
	18 July: Reconstruction of Achaemenid Battle-Ship in Shiraz
	19 July: Unusual Iron Age Steles Discovered in Ardebil Province
	19 July: Discovery of a Neolithic Site at Gavkhooni Lagoon, Isfahan
	20 July: Rescue Archaeology in Bolaqi Gorge Caves
	20 July: Qom's Awqaf (Endowments) Department and Destruction Ancient Qoli Darvish Teppe
	22 July: The Construction of New Dams Threatening the 3000-Year-Old Historical Mounds
	23 July: Kermanshah Historic Sites Looted
	23 July: Protection of Rey Heritage Essential
	23 July: Yazd Cultural Heritage at Risk 23 July: Ancient Bistun Has Lost its Chance to be Registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List
	23 July: Chogha Zanbil Sanctuaries Undergoing Renovation
	24 July: Ancient Artifacts Discovered at Achaemenid Bardak Siah Palace
	24 July: Ancient Cemetery Discovered in Ilam Province
	25 July: Tehran Sanctioned to Loan Achaemenid Artifacts to Britain for “Forgotten Empire”
	25 July: An Achaemenid Stone Column Discovered at Ecbatana
	25 July: Ganj-Namé Inscriptions Under Threat
	26 July: Gonbad Qaboos Municipality, ICHTO at Loggerheads
	27 July: St. Stephanus Bones Discovered in a Marand' Church
	29 July: Ancient Rock Paintings Found in Hamedan
	29 July: Ilkhanid Dynasty Site on Kish Island Yields New Artifacts
	29 July: Cabinet Approves Law on Establishment of Private Museums
	30 July: Varamin’s Ancient Tower Under Threat
	30 July: Ilkhanid Dynasty Aq-Qaleh in Jeopardy
	30 July: Isfahan Plans to Save its Historic Factories
	30 July: Izeh, Smugglers’ Most Popular Ancient Site
	30 July: 7000-Year-Old Stone Tools Discovered in Bam
	30 July: Unprecedented Growth of Unauthorized Excavations in Mazandaran
	31 July: Zoroaster’s Kaba, in Naqsh-e Rustam, the World’s Most Unique Ancient Calendrical Structure

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