Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS)
- Forum for the exchange of information about the art, archaeology, culture and civilization of Iranian peoples. News, images, events.
- http://www.cais-soas.com

Excavation of 3400-year-old ruins of Kabnak set to begin
- From Mehr News, a team of German students from the University of Tubingen and Iranian archaeologists will begin excavating a huge wall which was discovered in the 3400-year-old ruins of Kabnak in Khuzestan Province.
- http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=150246

Archaeologists to Excavate Qom’s Iron Age Site
- A team of Iranian archaeologists plans to study the lifestyle of inhabitants of the Iron Age site Shamshirgah in Qom Province through excavations and stratigraphy which will begin in the near future.
- http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=30292&NewsKind=Culture

The Tall-e Bakun Project
- Report on the excavations at Tall-e Bakun B by Alexander Langsdorff and Donald McCown in 1932, and later in 1937 by Eric Schmidt and McCown on behalf of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
- http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/BAK/Bakun.html

Rhagae
- A short description of the religious center in ancient Media.
- http://www.livius.org/ra-rn/rhagae/rhagae.html

Ganj Par: The first evidence for Lower Paleolithic occupation in the Southern Caspian Basin, Iran
- In terms of Lower Palaeolithic occupation, with only a handful of evidence including some core-chopper assemblages from gravel deposits along Ladiz, Mashkid, and Kashafrud rivers in eastern Iran and the west and north-western parts of the Zagros region. A
- http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/biglari/index.html

Excavations at Chogha Mish
- Provided a long uninterrupted sequence of prehistoric Susiana, but also yielded evidence of cultures much earlier than what had been previously known, pushing back the date of human occupation on the plain for at least one millennium.
- http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/ALIZADEH/NN_SPR97/NN_Spr97.html

The Chogha Mish Project
- Excavations at Chogha Mish between 1961 and 1978.
- http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/CHO/Chogha_Mish.html

5000-year-old Clay Collection Discovered in Halil Rud Basin
- From Cultural Heritage News Agency, during the construction project for an irrigation structure in Rudbar of Kerman province, experts discovered some 40 objects dating to the third millennium BCE.
- http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=5498

In Search of Buddhism along Iran’s Silk Road
- From Cultural News Network, a team of Iranian and Japanese experts are planning to carry out surveys along parts of the Silk Road inside Iran’s borders to find evidence of the ancient religion of Buddhism.
- http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=5483

Lafourak Male Skeleton Wears Gold and Silver Earrings
- From Iran News, a male skeleton wearing a gold earring on his right ear and a silver one on his left. From a historical graveyard dating to 2800 years ago located in the northern province of Mazandaran.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/05/may/1250.html

400,000-year-old Stone Tools Discovered in Mazandaran
- From Mehrnews, recent discoveries by a team of archaeologists indicate that the coast of the Caspian Sea in Mazandaran Province was home to the earliest hominid habitation in that region.
- http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=192883

Parthia: The Forgotten Empire
- Uses Parthian drachmas to illustrate and illuminate the history of the Parthian Empire.
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/parthia/frames/Parhom.htm

Museum Stumbles on Lost Treasures
- From News Telegraph, two 4,500-year-old gold head-dresses from ancient Sumer have been found in a store room at the British Museum where they had lain wrongly labelled for 73 years.
- http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/07/10/ntreas10.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/07/10/ixhome.html

The First Iranians Who Lived on the Iranian Plateu
- From the Persian Journal, ancient history of Iran, like many other countries, is believed to be based upon the archeological findings and a mixture of documented myths and information recorded by historians or religious entities of the time.
- http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_6313.shtml

Darius Ancient Inscription Found in Boushehr Deciphered
- From the Persian Journal, archaeologists have succeeded to decipher the text of an old stone tablet found recently in Boushehr, south of Iran. The tablet belongs to Darius the Great, King of Achaemenids.
- http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_6323.shtml

Human Settlement in Iran's Central Plateau Dates back to 10,000 Years Ago
- From Iran News, farmers activities in Togh Tepe of Mazandaran province, resulted in the accidental discovery of the oldest pottery ever found in the area. Studies carried out on the artifacts have shown that humans have lived in the central plateau of Ira
- http://www.payvand.com/news/05/mar/1070.html

Girl with Silver Earrings Found in the Burnt City
- From Iran News, archaeologists working on the historical site of the Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan have unearthed for the first time ever the body of a woman with silver earrings remained at sides of her head.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/05/mar/1071.html

Oldest Iranian Stylus Discovered in Fars Province
- From the Persian Journal, oldest Iranian Stylus, dating to the Middle Elamite era, 1550-1000 BC, which were used for inscribing mud tablets, has been discovered from Bondul Tepe, Fars province.
- http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_6263.shtml

Clock Ticks Away for Salvaging Elamite Site from Dam Flooding - Persian Journal Latest Iran news & Iranian Article News paper
- From Persian Journal, the water-filling operation for the Karoun 3 dam, which threatens to submerge historical sites in southwestern Iran, was kicked off Monday, as Iran's cultural heritage officials turned down the invitation to take part in the ceremony
- http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_4425.shtml

Jiroft a Key Business Hub 5,000 Years Ago
- From Payvand, new archeological and art studies on insignias unearthed in the Iranian ancient site of Jiroft clearly shows that the southern area used to be the most important business nucleus of Persia and its residents had bustling trade ties with peopl
- http://www.payvand.com/news/04/sep/1133.html

Iran's Sleeping Parthian City to Awaken
- Iranian archeologists are seeking for public funding to explore the ruins of a vast urban citadel, left from the Parthian dynasty (247 B.C.E.-226 C.E.), in Khorasan Province
- http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jul/1111.html

Iranian Archeologists to Identify Jiroft Ancient Quarries
- From Payvand, archeologists intend to establish the way Iranians mined these quarries over 5,000 years ago and carried the stones to their city, today located in the southern province of Kerman.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jul/1134.html

Mystery of Daqyanous Treasuries And Extinction Of Ancient Hills In Jiroft
- Summary from an article which appeared in the September 8, 2002 issue of the Netiran newspaper.
- http://www.netiran.com/?fn=artd(1330)

Cosmological and Ideological Aspects of the Arjan Bowl
- Iranica Antique 4. In 1982 in the vicinity of Arjan, 10 km north of Behbahan, a bronze bowl measuring 43.5 cm in diameter was found inside a rectangular tomb built of stone slabs.
- http://www.achemenet.com/ressources/souspresse/annonces/Alvarez-Mon.pdf

University of Chicago Returns Ancient Persian Tablets Loaned by Iran
- From University of Chicago News Office, Oriental Institute is returning a set of 300 ancient Iranian tablets, documents that provide details of the inner workings of the administration of the ancient Persian Empire, to the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organi
- http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/04/040428.tablets.shtml

Iranian Prehistoric Project
- Report of an ethnoarchaeological survey in Fars.
- http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/FAR/Fars.html

The Persian Expedition
- Report of the Persian Expedition to conduct excavations by James Henry Breasted at the remains of Persepolis, an Achaemenid royal administrative center in the province of Fars.
- http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/PER/Persian_Ex.html

Jiroft Artifact Reveals Influence
- From Iranmania, Characters etched on artifacts discovered in the archeological zone around Jiroft have proved that the culture of the area greatly influenced Sumerian civilization.
- http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?ArchiveNews=Yes&NewsCode=22951&NewsKind=Culture

Conference on Iran Shows Scientific Interest in Iranian World
- From Payvand, an international congress on "The Iron Age in the Iranian World" was held with "big success" in the historical Belgian city of Ghent this week, IRNA reported from Brussels.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/03/nov/1140.html

Bullae from the Pahlavi Archive at the University of California, Berkeley
- Article by Guitty Azarpay. The Pahlavi Archive at Berkeley comprises 260 silk and leather manuscripts, 82 of which still have one or more clay bulla attached.
- http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Articles/azarpay.html

Western Team Allowed in Iran for Expedition
- From Chicago Chronicle, for the first time since 1979, a University archaeological expedition has begun digging in southwest Iran, an area known as Khuzestan.
- http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/031023/iran.shtml

3rd Season of Excavation Gets Underway
- From Payvand, third season of archaeological excavation gets underway in Takab, West Azarbaijan.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/03/sep/1178.html

Restoration of Neishabour historical site
- Deputy Head of Khorassan province Cultural Heritage Department for research Rajab-Ali Labbaf-Khaniki declared here on Wednesday a recently-approved project on restoration of the historical site in the ancient city of Neishabour.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/03/apr/1004.html

Dahaneh-Gholaman is the gate to Iran's history of Sassanid and Islamic eras
- Located in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province, the city of Dahaneh-Gholaman two kms from Ghal'e-Nau village in the suburb of Zabol is one of the provincial touristic attractions.
- http://www.payvand.com/news/03/mar/1109.html

Ancient Khuzistan
- Archeological images.
- http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ug/ugf.html