Archaeology of Iran

The Archaeology of Iran encompasses the following subjects:

Archaeological discoveries in Iran

Archaeological sites in Iran:

• Achaemenid inscription in the Kharg Island
• Achaemenid Persian Lion Rhyton
• Acropole Tomb
• Apadana hoard
• Bardak Siah Palace
• Bushel with ibex motifs
• Code of Hammurabi
• Egyptian statue of Darius I
• Golden bowl of Hasanlu
• Great Wall of Gorgan
• Hasanlu Lovers
• Islamic ceramics from the Susa site
• Luristan bronze
• Musicians plate
• Narundi
• NazimaruttaÅ¡ kudurru stone
• Parchments of Avroman
• Parthian bas-relief at Mydan Mishan
• Persepolis Administrative Archives
• Rock art in Iran
• Shami statue
• Statue of Hercules in Behistun
• Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
• Ziwiye hoard

Archaeologists

• Geneviève Dollfus
• Roman Ghirshman
• Frank Hole
• Wolfram Kleiss
• Roland de Mecquenem
• Jean Perrot
• Henry T. Wright

Iranian archaeologists

• Kamyar Abdi (born 1969) Iranian; Iran, Neolithic to the Bronze Age
• Abbas Alizadeh (born 1951) Iranian; Iran
• Massoud Azarnoush (1946–2008) Iranian; Sassanid archaeology
• Hamed Vahdati Nasab (born 1974) Iranian; Iran, Human Evolution, Neanderthals, Paleolithic
• Fereidoun Biglari (born 1970) Iranian Kurdish; Paleolithic
• Touraj Daryaee (born 1967) Iranian; ancient Persia (Iran)
• Seifollah Kambakhshfard (1929–2010) Iranian; Iron Age Temple of Anahita
• Yousef Majidzadeh (born 1938) Iranian; Jiroft culture (Iran)
• Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi (1940–2020) Iranian; ancient Persia (Iran)
• Marjan Mashkour (born 19??) Iranian; zooarchaeology of Europe and the Middle East
• Ezzat Negahban (1926–2009) Iranian; Iran
• Shahrokh Razmjou (1966) Iranian; Achaemenid Archaeology
• Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis (1951) Iranian; the British Museum's Curator of Middle Eastern coins
• Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (1942–2006) Iranian; Iran
• Parviz Varjavand (1934–2007) Iranian; ancient Iran (Persia)

Archaeological institutions in Iran

• Society for the National Heritage of Iran
• Museum of Ancient Iran
• National Museum of Iran
• Zagros Paleolithic Museum
• Iron Age museum

Archaeological cultures in Iran

• Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity
• Palaeolithic Era in Iran
• Bus Mordeh phase
• Kura–Araxes culture
• Baradostian culture
• Talish–Mughan culture
• Trialetian Mesolithic
• Zarzian culture
• Gutian people
• Jiroft culture

References