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TEHRAN –An earthenware jug, estimated to date back to the Sassanid era (224–651), has recently been unearthed accidentally in Dishmok, a mountainous town in southwestern Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said. Source
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Archaeological survey sheds new light on Sassanid era fortress
September 22nd, 2022 
Awake Goy TEHRAN—A team of Iranian archaeologists has recently finished an archaeological season on the Sassanid-era (224–651) Oltan Fortress in Ardabil province, ISNA reported on Wednesday. The new archaeogeophysical studies with magnetometric methods have led to novel discoveries, said Kurosh Mohammdkhani, who presides over the project. As a result of this method, as well as the aerial […]
Sassanid ruins unearthed in central Iran
September 6th, 2022 Awake Goy TEHRAN–A team of Iranian archaeologists has unearthed portions of an ancient Sassanid structure during its excavations in the Davudabad region of Markazi province. “We have found the entrance and walls of a Sasanian building following one month of excavation,” ISNA quoted archaeologist Mohammedreza Nemati as saying on Monday. The surrounding fortifications comprise two parallel thick […]
Bazaar of Sassanid city undergoes restoration
September 4th, 2022 Awake Goy TEHRAN–A new round of restoration work has commenced on the historical bazaar of the ruined Sassanid city of Belad Shapur in Dehdasht, southwestern Kohgiluyeh, and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has said. A budget of 32 billion rials ($107,000) has been allocated to the restoration project, Saeid Talebipur explained on Saturday. This phase of […]
Sassanid fire temple demarcated to receive better care
December 1st, 2021 Awake Goy Sassanid fire temple demarcated to receive better care – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – A team of archaeological and cultural heritage experts has defined boundaries for an ancient fire temple, which is situated in central Iran. Khorramdasht Fire Temple has been demarcated to protect and prevent any possible destruction of the Sassanid-era monument, ILNA reported. The fire […]
Sassanid bas-relief to be installed on original place atop steep canyon
September 15th, 2021 Awake Goy Sassanid bas-relief to be installed on original place atop steep canyon – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Fars province’s tourism directorate is set to reinstall a massive bas-relief, attributed to the Sassanid king Shapur I, on its original place near the entrance of a cave atop a steep canyon in southern Iran. “This magnificent bas-relief is to […]
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May 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Sassanid-era Sirvan to undergo archaeological survey – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – An archaeological survey and research project is planned to start on Sirvan, a western Iranian town in modern Ilam province, which dates from the Sassanid era (224–651). A budget of two billion rials (about $48,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) […]
Ancient Sassanid coins regain former luster
January 7th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – A collection of 45 silver coins dating back to the Sassanid era (224 CE–651) underwent some rehabilitation works in western Lorestan province, the provincial tourism chief has announced. The coins, which contained some deposits and corrosion, were cleaned and restored by cultural heritage experts in a laboratory at the Sassanid-era Falak-ol-Aflak Fortress in […]
