Ancient Relics
An exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo thought to date back at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken was discovered in China, scientists announced Tuesday. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed […]
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An ampulla, a small round vessel with two handles used for sacred purposes, has been unearthed during the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Dara, located in southeastern Mardin province. The artifact, which was determined to be 1,400-year-old, features a depiction of Menas of Egypt, a well-known Coptic saint to whom many miracles were attributed.
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An ancient burial containing the remains of a horse — estimated to be four years old — has been discovered by archaeologists in Tepe Ashraf, the sole archaeological hill in Isfahan, central Persia. The horse skeleton was found near a place where a giant jar-tomb was unearthed last month, which researchers believe could shed a
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DNA samples have been extracted from some ancient skeletons being unearthed in Liar-Sang-Bon, an archaeological site and cemetery in Amlash region, Gilan province, northern Iran. “Research being conducted on the skeletons discovered at Liar-Sang-Bon reveals that they date back to the Parthian (247 BC – 224 CE) and Sassanid (224 CE-651) periods,” CHTN quoted Vali
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Restoration work has begun on a selection of eight ancient windmills, which are located in Darmian county of South Khorasan province in eastern Iran. “Eight Asbads (vertical windmills) have undergone restoration in Darmian county. And a budget of two billion rials (about $47,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) has been
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Soaked in history and culture, the western Iranian province of Lorestan is one of the lesser-known travel destinations in Iran, which mainly acts as a gateway to the sweltering plains below in adjoining Khuzestan province. Most travelers just pass through on their way to the UNESCO sites of Susa, Tchogha Zanbil, and Shushtar Historical Hydraulic
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A team of Iranian and Italian archaeologists has recently unearthed some glazed bricks, which bear bull and dragon motifs. The discovery was made near the ruins of a majestic gateway, which is situated adjacent to the UNESCO-registered Persepolis in southern Iran. The glazed bricks bear motifs of bulls and mushhushshu-dragons, the latter is a mythical
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A team of Iranian, Italian, and Serbian archaeologists has unearthed arrays of animal and human figurines from the UNESCO-registered Burnt City in southwest Iran. “Like previous [archaeological] seasons, we have unearthed a significant number of figurines,” ILNA quoted Iranian archaeologist Hossein Moradi as saying on Thursday. Called “Shahr-e Sukhteh” in Persian, Burnt City is associated
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“Archaeological quarries in Eyvanekey (district of Garmsar country) have uncovered vast landscapes from the Paleolithic period and a significant number of stone tools and artifacts,” Seyyed Milad Hashemi who led the archaeological survey said told reporters on Monday. “Preliminary studies indicate the presence of human beings in this region in the two eras of the
