Remains of Achaemenid child discovered in southern Iran

The discovered stuff dated back to the Achaemenid era of the Neo-Elamite. They were discovered in archeological explorations in the ancient area of Jubaji which is located near the city of Ramhormoz in the southwestern Province of Khuzestan.

According to the Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT), head of the exploration team Arman Shishegar said on Tuesday that explorations of the second season in Jubaji were conducted in parts of the area about 50 meters southeast of the Neo-Elamite tomb.

The tomb which was discovered in the course of the first exploration season in 1386 (2007-2008), belongs to the two Elamite princesses of the house of King Shutur-Nahunte, son of Indada, among the last kings of the Neo-Elamite period (about 585 to 539 BC), he added.

He considered presence of the structures and remains of two stoves with an approximate diameter of about 50 and 60 cm, querns and heel of the stone door as the signs of the settlement of migrant people in that location which might have belonged to the Achaemenid period.

The remains of the adobe walls, which are probably related to the Neo-Elamite era and parts of which have been identified in the survey of the area, he said.

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