(ORDO NEWS) — In Iran, local archaeologists discovered the ruins of a ceramic workshop, which, judging by the dating carried out, dates back to the third millennium BC.
This is one of the oldest such industries in history.
According to Arkeonews, the find was made during excavations in Jiroft, in the Iranian province of Kerman. It was made by a group of archaeologists from Tehran University.
At the Khadzhiabad-Varamin site, she discovered a large number of ancient vessels and ornaments.
Excavations have shown that in the third millennium BC a large workshop for the production of ceramics worked here. Archaeologists managed to unearth the remains of various industrial premises.
They also noticed a curious fact: it turns out that even worn-out or broken vessels and other items were not thrown away in Jiroft.
The fragments were carefully collected and sent back to the workshop, where the craftsmen made either smaller vessels or beads and pendants from them.
Scholars say the workshop dates back to the Jiroft culture, a supposed and enigmatic early Bronze Age archaeological culture.
It is believed that she was present in the area of the modern Iranian provinces of Sistan, Balochistan and Kerman.
The town of Jiroft itself is an important historical monument. In recent years, many truly priceless items from the third millennium BC have been discovered here.
In Iran, Jiroft is even called one of the most important historical sites in the world.
To date, more than 85 archaeological sites have been discovered there, located on a territory stretching 400 km along the bed of the Khalil River.
This is what prompted archaeologists to compare this area with the Mesopotamian civilization. It is also noteworthy that for many years nothing was known about the existence of the Jiroft culture.
But in 2000, a powerful flood occurred in these places, which literally exposed numerous prehistoric monuments of a mysterious civilization.
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