Tehran, July 30, IRNA -- Archaeologists have in the course of study
on shelly cliffs, dating back to the cenozoic period, north of the
northeastern Iranian city of Birjand (Khorasan Province) found
footprints of prehistoric giant creatures.
The studies show 40 footprints of giant creatures of 50 million
years ago. An archaeology expert at the Cultural Heritage Office
in Birjand Ali Hassanabadi said that early studies show that the
region had, at the time when footprints were recorded, been a swamp
and full of water and the cliffs contained high percentage of
minerals.
Hassanabadi said additional footprints had also been identified on
the cliff with worn out surfaces. He said the latter category of
footprints might be of dinosaurs.
Remains of ancient civilization discovered east of Tehran
Damavand, Tehran Prov., July 31, IRNA -- Experts of the Cultural
Heritage Organization have found remains belonging to the first
millennium B.C in the course of archaeological studies conducted on
an ancient hill northeast of Bom-e Hen region, east of Tehran.
Mohammad Mortezaei, archaeology deputy of the organization, told
IRNA Monday that human skeletons together with earthenware pots were
found in a number of individual graves.
The hill was discovered by a group of mountaineers last week.
Mortezaei said with the new discoveries, the history of the
region is now estimated at over 3,000 years.
Thanking the team of mountaineers for the new discovery, he
said so far they have helped the organization find out several
other ancient remains in the region as well.
The official said that details of the recent archaeological study
will be released for public information in the near future.
