In the Aknoon studio, I had the unique experience of a two-hour, in-depth conversation with Soroush Sehat on Paleolithic Iran, Neanderthals, and the dawn of human art in Iran. #aknoon #soroushsehat

A cloudy sky on the last day of 2025.

Fossilien-Funde im Iran offenbaren das Leben vor 70.000 Jahren www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/panorama/art...

Honored to host a delegation from the National Museum of #Tajikistan .Held fruitful discussions on deepening our cultural ties, planning joint exhibitions, and expert collaboration—especially in restoration. I was pleased to later guide our guests through the "Narrators of Ancient Iran" exhibition.

New Thesis: #GanjDareh Burial Rituals The Master's thesis of Stéphanie Falardeau (supervised by Prof. Julien Riel-Salvatore) is now available. This research re-evaluates 1970s excavation archives from Ganj Dareh, a key early Neolithic site in Iran. umontreal.scholaris.ca/items/fbbbba...

Back at #PACEA (University of Bordeaux) after over a decade. My heartfelt thanks to Jacques and Anne.

National conference reviews technology use in salvage archaeology for dam projects www.tehrantimes.com/news/521344/...

Excavations reveal secrets of seasonal pastoral camp in Hawraman Mountains www.tehrantimes.com/news/521088/...

Narrators of Ancient Iran’ extended after popular demand. www.tehrantimes.com/news/520778/...

The 'Bone Glasses' That Weren't Actually Glasses www.tehrantimes.com/news/520680/...

Early Sassanian natural mummy on public display. www.tehrantimes.com/news/520130/...

Open access:Between Nomads and Settlers: A Quantitative Analysis of Lithic Assemblages from Tula’i (Tuleii), Zagros, Iran. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Open Access: Landscape affordances, GIS, and the hunting landscape of rock art in the Central Iranian Plateau www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Download the Persian version of "The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire " here: irannationalmuseum.ir/fa/product/%...

Village Life at Prehistoric Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan Edited by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck & Ilia Heit | 2025, www.sidestone.com/books/villag...

Unpacking the Neolithic: Assessing the Relevance of the Neolithic Construct in Light of Recent Research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Significant New Acheulean Assemblage Found in Southern Iran www.tehrantimes.com/news/519635/...

Iran-China relations through the ages: interview with National Museum director www.tehrantimes.com/news/519448/...

Narrators of Ancient Iran’ on view at National Museum. www.tehrantimes.com/news/518737/...

Photographs from the 1965 Tokyo University Iran Archaeological Expedition to Taq-i-Bustan in western Iran. Explore the database here: [https://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoukoga/TAQ_1965_photo/database/photolist.php?-skip=0]

Met Museum’s tiny clay figurine reveals ancient origins of the mighty Hyrcanian tiger. www.tehrantimes.com/news/518132/...

#Ghamari_cave #Neanderthal #zagros

New evidence for Pleistocene hominin presence in the north-east Arabian Desert, Iraq www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

From the heart of ancient Lorestan: a masterpiece revealed beneath the full moon, to the eternal sound of Sorna and Dohol. www.instagram.com/stories/fere...

6,000-year-old fishing village reveals ancient maritime diet and fishing technology in Iran’s Makran. www.tehrantimes.com/news/517025/...

Sad news for the world of archaeology: #BrianFagan, often hailed as the father of public archaeology, has passed away. For over five decades, he bridged the gap between academia and the general public, making complex archaeological concepts accessible and engaging through his writing.

Big news from Paris! The Khorramabad Valley Prehistoric Sites have just been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List — Iran’s first Paleolithic WH site! As an archaeologist involved in this nomination, I’m proud to see decades of work recognized.

New Open Access Volume: "Tracing Transitions and Connecting Communities in the Archaeology of Southwest Asia" honours Roger Matthews. www.academia.edu/129794989/Gl...

www.tehrantimes.com/news/513736/... #Lower_Paleolithic #kashafrud #core_chopper

A SEM-EDS Study of Rare Neolithic Obsidian Artifacts From the Kohgiluyeh Region (Southwest Iran) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #neolithic #zagros #obsidian

Our new paper in JINM (Journal of Iran National Museum) analyzes Late Pleistocene-Holocene fauna from Wezmeh Cave (Zagros). Taxa include hyenas, bears, deer, rhinos, wild/domestic ungulates, and etc. Unmatched biodiversity on the Iranian Plateau. jinm.irannationalmuseum.ir/article_7207...

Paleolithic evidence discovered on Iran’s Makran coast www.tehrantimes.com/news/512862/...