DISCOVERY OF ARMENIAN GRAVEYARD FROM MONGOLIAN ERA NEAR SOLTANIEH DOME
Mandana Javidinejad, [email protected]
Cultural Heritage News
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Dec 3 2007
Iran
Soltanieh Dome A gravestone written with Armenian script was discovered
by CHTO near Soltanieh dome.
CHN Foreign Desk- 3 December 2007- Hassan Zohouri- Discovery of an
Armenian written gravestone within the sphere of Soltanieh dome lead
to the discovery of a graveyard of Armenians from the Mongolian era
by experts of CHTO and Armenian archeologists.
"Mohammad Reza Ghorban Zadeh" operational manager of CHTO station at
the Soltanieh dome explained: following the discovery of an Armenian
written gravestone two years ago within this area, we asked for the
help of Armenian archeologists and experts to read the script.
The result of researches revealed the fact that this gravestone is
related to Mongolian time, and there is a strong existence possibility
of a graveyard near the mentioned sphere.
According to Ghorban Zadeh, discovery of this Armenian graveyard near
Abbas Abaad can help to discover the true history of Soltanieh dome.
The history has got the record of Armenian migration from Tabriz
to Soltanieh.
Soltanieh dome is the 7th registered national heritage of Iran in
UNESCO, which is regarded as the tallest brick-made monument of
the world.