Resumption Of Archaeological Excavations In Jiroft, Iran
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www.chnpress.com In search of tracing the evidence of a 5000-year-old civilization in the eastern part of Iran, a team of archaeologists have resumed their excavations in Halil Rud region in Jiroft.
Iranian and European archaeologists started the sixth season of archaeological excavations last week in the basin of Halil Rud River in Jiroft. The excavations are being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Yousof Majidzadeh.
According to Majidzadeh, the archaeological team will seek the agreement of the owner of the house to pursue their work in one of the nearby villages where four inscriptions have already been discovered. Majidzadeh believes an archive of inscriptions could be found in the area.
The team also plans to resume excavations in Konar Sandal.
Studies by five linguists from the United States, France, Russia, Denmark, and Iran during the initial discoveries in Jiroft showed that the Elamite script is 300 years older than the great civilization of Susa. The inscription was carved on a brick and only the lower left corner of it has remained.
According to director of the excavation team in Jiroft historical site, the traces of primitive script are the most controversial findings in the region since they invalidate claims by some of foreign archaeologists that Persians did not have writing until the Achaemenid era. Referring to the four inscriptions found in the region, Majidzadeh said that based on carbon tests conducted in Pennsylvania University they date back to 2500 BC. He further explained that the script used is totally different from the Mesopotamian script or even the Egyptian Hieroglyph.
Jiroft is a small city in the Iranian southeastern province of Kerman, located in a vast plain of the Halil Rud River. The Jiroft civilization is believed to date back to the early Bronze Age civilization of Sistan in Iran ( 26th century BC). Jiroft has become a center of archaeological interest after the 2001 flash flood revealed one of the forgotten and lost civilizations of the ancient world.
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