PERSIA the ANCIENT IRAN


The National Museum of Iran (in Persian: ãæÒå ÇíÑÇä ÈÇÓÊÇä Muze-ye Irân-e Bâstân) is an archeological and historical museum located in Tehran. It preserves ancient Persian antiquities including pottery vessels, metal objects, books, coins etc. It was inaugurated in 1937.
Building number one which is dedicated to the pre-Islamic collection, consists of three halls. The three halls contain artifacts from lower, middle, and upper paleolithic, as well as neolithic, chalcolithic, early and late Bronze Ages, Iron Ages I-III, through the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid ages.

The oldest artifacts, in the museum are from Kashafrud and Ganj Par sites that date back to Lower Paleolithic. Mousterian Stone tools made by Neanderthal man also are shown in the first hall.There are also 9000 year old human and animal figurines from Teppe Sarab in Kermanshah Province among the many other ancient artifacts.

Some of the museum's permanent collections are routinely loaned to other notable museums such as the British Museum in London.