October
08
/ 2024
In an almost sensationalist operation targeting antiquities smugglers in Bushehr province, southern Iran, the police chief announced the recovery of invaluable ancient artifacts. This booty includes two gold masks dated to the pre-Achaemenid and late Elamite periods, roughly over 2,000-years-old. The other recovered items are a bowl, statues, several pottery pieces from the Parthian period. Ten Amazing Artifacts Reveal the Secrets of the Ancient World 12 Absolutely Amazing Artifacts of the Inca Recovery of the Smuggled Goods The finds were announced by Esmaeel Sajjadi-Manesh, the provincial police chief, according to a report by Tehran Times. Originating from the Parthian and Elamite periods, the seizures were part of an undercover operation: authorities laboriously tracked the smugglers, ultimately apprehending them as they
