Rock art in Iran
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Rock art in Iran includes archaeological petroglyphs, or carving in rock; pictographs, or painting on rock; and rock reliefs. Large numbers of prehistoric rock art, more than 50,000, have been discove
Golpayegan rockart
Curious boy sitting near petroglyphs
Bojnoord (nargesloo) rock arts in Iran
Prehistory of Iran
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The prehistory of the Iranian plateau is conventionally divided into the Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. It spans the time from the first settlem
Biface (trihedral) Amar Merdeg, Mehran, Lower Paleolithic, National Museum of Iran
Clay human figurine (Fertility goddess) Tappeh Sarab, Kermanshah ca. 7000–6100 BC, Neolithic period, National Museum of Iran
Neolithic sites in Iran
Pottery vessel, fourth millennium B.C. Zagros National Museum of Iran.