TEHRAN (IFILM) -- A number of ancient artifacts recently unearthed in Liar Sang Bon, an archaeological site in Amlash, northern Iranian province of Gilan, are to be displayed at an exhibition titled “Secrets of the Ancient Persian Empire” in Beijing, China.
According to the deputy head of the province’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization for cultural heritage affairs, the artifacts date back to Parthian and Sassanid eras.
The data-x-items have been found during the archeological excavations carried out in Liar Sang Bon site from 2016 until now.
As stated by the head of the archeologists working in the site, “Liar Sang Bon is one of the most valuable ancient sites on which purposeful archeological studies have been conducted by Iranian researchers; the result of which have been published in both Iranian and foreign magazines.”
Discovered in 2011, Liar Sang Bon archeological site includes an ancient cemetery, a settlement, a rock shelter and a number of old trees.
During the archeological excavations on the site by an Iranian team from 2016 to 2018, a number of significant historical items, dating back to the Parthian and Sassanid periods, were found.
The move to lend the artifacts to China aims at introducing the culture, civilization and history of the people who lived in Deylam, a mountainous region in Gilan Province.