6,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in ancient hill in Rey
Archaeologists announced the discovery of a burial site and skeleton in the 7,000-year-old Cheshmeh Ali hill in Rey, southern Tehran. Based on evidence, it is believed that the skeleton belongs to a 16-year-old girl and dates back to the Sialk 3 period (approximately 4,300 BC).
According to Hamidreza Valipour, head of the excavation team, further excavations in the next seasons will shed more light on the architectural spaces of the ancient village, ISNA reported.
Archaeologists hope that the Cultural Heritage Research Institute will provide the necessary cooperation to obtain the required permit for the skeleton to be taken out for dating tests, which will determine the exact time of the burial.
The archaeological excavation in the 7,000-year-old hill in Rey was resumed after a three-decade hiatus, coinciding with the opening of the Shahid Beheshti University’s Field Archaeological Research Center. The excavation is led by Hamidreza Valipour, accompanied by Iman Mostafapour, deputy head of the excavation team, Kourosh Mohammadkhani, Negar Miri, Kamyar Abdi, Amir Sadegh Naghshineh, and Ali Bahadori from the Department of Archaeology at Shahid Beheshti University, as well as students of archaeology who started their studies in 2020.