Ancient town of Shustar found
NZPA-AP Nicosia Archaeologists have found that the ancient town of Shustar in southwestern Khuzestan province, Teheran television has reported. State-run television, monitored in Nicosia, said excavators uncovered four underground crypts of mud-brick clay coffins with elaborate relief designs that were placed on wooden biers. The television showed film of adult skeletons buried along with simple jewellery and household goods including clay water jugs and cups.
Coins found at the site were struck during the Parthian dynasty, which ruled in present-day Iran from 250 B.C. to 226 A.D. Regional leaders loyal to the Parthian kings had the right to mint copper coins for local use, the television said. ♦ It said that two kilns for making pottery also were found at the site.
The Parthians, nomads from central Asia, ruled Persia after the decline of the Seleucid empire founded by Seleucus, one of Alexander The Great’s generals.
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