Ezzatollah Negahban
(1926-2009) eminent Iranian archaeologist. See NEGAHBAN, EZAT O.
- DEYLAMĀN (District)
DEYLAMĀN (Daylamān), district and town in Gīlān. The district is about 37 km north-south by 23 km and is located…
- DELOUGAZ
DELOUGAZ, PINHAS PIERRE (b. Ukraine, 16 July 1901, d. Čoḡā Mīš, Persia, 29 March 1975), archeologist and excavator of the…
- HAFT TEPE
HAFT TEPE, an archaeological site in Ḵūzestān province, in the southwestern alluvial plains of Persia, about 10 km southeast of…
- GIYAN TEPE
GIYAN TEPE (GIĀN TAPPA), or Žiān Tappa, a large archaeological mound located in Lorestān province in western Persia, about 10…
- GĪLĀN iii. Archaeology
The archaeology of Gīlān, particularly in the pre-Islamic period, is usually studied in the wider context of the entire south…
- GEOY TEPE
GEOY TEPE, a rich archeological site located in western Azarbaijan about 7 km south of the town of Urmia (Reżāʾīya)…
- ḠĀR
ḠĀR (cave) (غار) and Stone Age cave dwellers in Iran. Caves and rock shelters were particularly attractive living places for the…
- BURIAL i. Pre-Historic Burial Sites
BURIAL i. Pre-Historic Burial Sites The earliest human skeletal remains found in Persia date from before the 8th millennium B.C….