Draft:Haft Tappeh Museum

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Haft Tappeh museum is a public, on-site, archaeological museum located 10km south of ancient city of Susa.

It was founded to store, preserve and display artefacts excavated from the archaeological site of Kabnak ancient city.[1]

The museum was awarded the title of best small state museum 4 years in row.[2]

History and Foundation

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In the autumn of 1965 while levelling the ground, road workers came across remains of an ancient tomb. Subsequently local officials made contact with Ministry of culture and art, and the decision was made to dispatch a team of Iranian archaeologists under the lead of Ezzatollah Negahban. Excavations took place between 1965 to 1978 in 14 seasons. Amongst the findings tomb of Tapti-Ahar and a mass grave with skeletal remains of 23 people are the most prominent.[3][4]

In 1967 after a visit to the site, first lady Farah Pahlavi, a well known art and culture enthusiast, ordered construction of a museum in the vicinity of Haft Tappeh archaeological site. Museum commenced its operation on April 3rd 1973.[1][5]

Renovation

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Between 2017 and 2018 museum underwent renovations. Changes were applied to display cases, lighting, floor and colors.[6]

Collection

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Eagle-Headed Griffin. 14th century BCE.

Museum displays a rich collection of artefacts from Elamite period especially the middle Elamite. Artefacts are on permanent exhibition in 9 separate display case in 3 interconnected rooms.[7]

These objects include; clay bricks from Tchoghazanbil, a Terracotta statue, Bronze dagger etc.

References

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  1. ^ a b بنياد و گسترش موزه در ايران [Foundation and prevalence of museums in Iran] (in Persian). تهران اداره كل موزه ها. pp. 200_201.
  2. ^ "موزه هفت تپه برای چهارمین سال پیاپی موزه برتر سال شد". 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ نگهبان, عزت الله (1997). مروری بر پنجاه سال باستان‌شناسی ایران [A summary of 50 years of archaeology in Iran] (in Persian) (1st ed.). Iran: سازمان میزاث فرهنگی کشور. pp. 301_306. ISBN 9789646027060.
  4. ^ "تاریخچه هفت تپه". پایگاه میراث جهانی چغازنبیل محوطه تاریخی و موزه هفت تپه.
  5. ^ "تاریخچه موزه هفت تپه". پایگاه میراث جهانی چغازنبیل محوطه تاریخی و موزه هفت تپه.
  6. ^ "نوسازی موزه هفت تپه".
  7. ^ "سالن های موزه هفت تپه".

Category:Archaeology of Iran Category:Elam