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TEHRAN, Mar. 5 -- Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization Director Hossein Marashi on Wednesday approved the transfer of the artifacts recently discovered at the Izeh historical site to the permanent museum of the Karun-3 Dam. One section of the museum, which displays the latest technical achievements of the dam experts, will exhibit the artifacts discovered by the archaeologists who rescued items at Izeh before the site was submerged by the rising waters of the reservoir of the Karun-3 Dam. According to the head of the archaeological team, Jafar Mehrkian, the discovered shards and artifacts are currently being stored by the team in Khuzestan Province. “Most of the items which were found under the ground or inside graves were restored and are now ready to be transferred to the museum. Stone tools for hunting from the Stone Age, Elamite earthenware, iron tools, and the skeleton of a mother and a child which were found inside a mountain are among the items which will be put on display,” he said. The Karun-3 Dam was launched on November 8, submerging many historical sites, monuments, and artifacts. Iranian and foreign archaeologists rushed to the site to save what they could and were able to rescue several stone lions and many earthenware items. |
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