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April‐June 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Apadana in Persepolis. The wooden covers were made by the Parsa and Pasargadae Research Center (PPRC) in 2006 to protect the stones of the stairs from erosion caused by visitors at the palaces. Tehran Times (Mar. 01, 2010) http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=215138 Archaeology Construction by local residents, ignored by the authority has imperiled an Achaemenid tomb, believed to be the tomb of Cyrus I, the Achaemenid king and son of Teispes and grandfather of Cyrus II the Great, near the village of Tang‐e Eram in Bushehr Province. Experts have demarcated a 100‐meter perimeter for the site, which was registered on the National Heritage List in 1997, the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency reported on Wednesday. CAIS (Mar. 12, 2010) http://www.cais‐ soas.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic le&id=117:illegal‐construction‐threatening‐the‐achaemenid‐ tomb‐in‐bushehr&catid=41 Archaeology Archaeologists will be teaming up with the Kermanshah University of Science and Technology to carry out an archaeological research on the World Heritage Site of Bistun to unearth a settlement date back to the third Iranian dynasty, the Arsacids (Parthians – 248 BCE‐224 CE), reported the Persian service of ISNA on Wednesday. CAIS (Mar. 23, 2010) http://www.cais‐ soas.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic le&id=119:parthian‐bistun‐will‐be‐excavated&catid=41 Archaeology Italian archeologists have finished their studies on the destructive impacts of the Sivand Dam on the ancient site of Pasargadae in southern Iran. The team observed the Achaemenid site from March 24 to 28, 2010, examining humidity, plant growth and the diffusion of salt solution into the stone structures, Director of Iranʹs Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Organization (ICHTO) Research Center Ahmad Mirzakuchak‐ Khoshnevis told IRNA. Press TV (Apr. 17, 2010) http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=123609&sectionid=351 020105 Archaeology More ancient graves have been discovered at Iranʹs Burnt City as archeologists were conducting the 13th phase of excavation works at the prehistoric site. The unearthed tombs at the Burnt City site located in southeastern Sistan‐Baluchestan province date back to about 3,000 BC, Rouhollah Shirazi, an official with Iranʹs Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization told IRNA on Thursday. Press TV (Apr. 24, 2010) http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124259&sectionid=351 020105 Archaeology Archeologists have found seven towers of silence and ossuaries, which they believe date back to the Sassanid era, in the southern Fars Province. A collection of unadorned ossuaries of different sizes were discovered in the southwestern city of Mohr. Built 2.5 meters above a mountain slope, the ossuaries are hewn in a line and lack specific patterns. Press TV (May 01, 2010) http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125084&sectionid=351 020105 IIRAQ Archaeology An expedition of Czech archaeologists has found remains of an about 150,000 year old prehistoric settlement in Arbil, _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001‐2010 24
April‐June 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________ north Iraq, which has been the so far oldest uncovered in this part of northern Mesopotamia, team head Karel Novacek told reporters Friday. The archaeologists revealed a high number of items, mainly prehistoric stone tools, about nine metres under the ground in Arbil, capital of the Kurdish autonomous region, said archaeologist Novacek, from the University of West Bohemia in Plzen. Archaeology Daily News (Mar. 09, 2010) http://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201003093506/Cze ch‐archaeologists‐find‐oldest‐settlement‐in‐Arbil‐north‐ Iraq.html Archaeology The most immediate threat to preserving the ruins of Babylon, the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is water soaking the ground and undermining what is left in present‐day Iraq of a great city from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar II. A current study, known as the Future of Babylon project, documents the damage from water mainly associated with the Euphrates River and irrigation systems nearby. The New York Times (Mar. 22, 2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/science/23babylon.ht ml Archaeology A 4,500‐year‐old fortress city, the first capital of ancient Iraqʹs Assyrian civilisation, is in danger of falling into Iraqʹs Tigris River, an antiquities official warned Monday. The archaeologist, from the antiquities department for central Iraqʹs Salah al‐Din province, said the river has already washed away more than 30 metres of the ancient city of Assur, the religious capital of ancient Iraqʹs Assyrian civilisation. M&C (Apr. 05, 2010) http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/new s/article_1545922.php/Ancient‐Assyrian‐capital‐in‐danger‐ of‐falling‐into‐Tigris‐river Archaeology A French‐funded archaeology team is working on the first excavations in Iraqʹs northern Kurdish areas after seven years of conflict, the latest effort to save the countryʹs treasures from ruin. The French‐led team, also responsible for training local archaeologists, will initially carry out digs for a month in Arbil. Iraqʹs third‐largest city, whose existence can be traced back to the 23rd century BC, is located east of the Tigris. Reuters (Apr. 21, 2010) http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63K34520100421 Archaeology Iraqi archaeologists have received 13 artifacts dating to the Third Dynasty of Ur, which flourished in southern Iraq more than 4,000 years ago. The artifacts were illegally dug up by an Iraqi man from an unprotected ancient site in the southern Province of Dhiqar of which the city of Nasiriyah is the capital. Dhiqar covers the area where the ancient Sumerian civilization thrived with its magnificent capital, Ur. Azzaman.com (Apr. 28, 2010) http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\ 2010‐04‐28\kurd.htm Archaeology A U.S.‐funded program to restore the ruins of Iraqʹs ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over whether the priority should be preserving the site or making money off it. Local officials want swift work done to restore the crumbling ruins and to start building restaurants and gift shops to draw in tourists, while antiquities officials in Baghdad favor a more painstaking approach to avoid the gaudy restoration mistakes of the past. AINA (May 08, 2010) http://www.aina.org/news/20100508123552.htm _____________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright Mikes International 2001‐2010 25
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