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Tabriz: Iron Age Cemetery

a Pleiades place resource

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In 1997, during work to restore and consolidate the "Blue Mosque" in modern Tabriz, Iran, an extensive Iron Age cemetery was discovered and excavated. Since 2007, the site has been partly open to the public as an open-air museum.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/378326795

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.073965, 46.30161145

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of cemetery (1000 BC - 650 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Imagery Location after Kasiri 2019 (1000 BC - 650 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

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Tabriz: Iron Age Cemetery makes connections with:

Tabriz: Iron Age Cemetery located at Tabrīz (1000 BC - 650 BC)

Tabriz: Iron Age Cemetery receives connections from:

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Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis, archaeological site

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Tabriz: Iron Age Cemetery: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/378326795> [accessed: 26 November 2024]

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