Roman Ghirshman
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Roman Ghirshman was a Ukrainian-born French archeologist who specialized in ancient Persia. Ghirshman spent nearly thirty years excavating ancient Persian archeological sites throughout Iran and Afgha
Ghirshman's team in Sialk in 1934: Bottom row, sitting from R to L: Roman Ghirshman, Tania Ghirshman, and Georges Contenau.
Chogha Zanbil
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Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few existing ziggurats outside Mesopotamia. It lies approximately 30 km southeast of Susa and 80 km nort
Roman Ghirshman
…Bishapur in Fars, and Susa. In the 1930s, Girshman, together with his wife Tania Ghirshman, was the first to excavate Teppe Sialk. His studies on Chogha Zanbil have been printed in 4 volumes, and he also led excavation teams at Kharg Island, Iwan-i Karkheh, and the Parthian platforms in Masjed Soleiman, near…
زیگورات چغا زنبیل
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat (model)
Axe bearing the name of the king Untash-Napirisha.
Bull with elamite inscription – Late 2nd millen BC – National museum of Iran – inventory number 3213