Centuries-old relics in Qazvin Province

Museum of Qazvin in Iran is home to centuries-old relics belonging to the Iron Age.

The discovered relics include big gray containers with small legs transferred from Qareh Tepe (historical mound) to the Museum of Qazvin.

Qareh Tepe lies 7 km north of Sagzabad city, in Bouein Zahra district, Qazvin Province.

As a result of excavations, archaeologists have uncovered a great number of finds associated with human burials in the Qareh Tepe graves.

A large part of newly discovered burials in this site belongs to infants and children with their bodies placed inside kitchen utensils as burial receptacles.

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