The Iron Age museum is a museum in
Tabriz, Iran
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vol ...
. Established in 2006, the museum is built over an
iron age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
archaeological site.
The burial site was uncovered in 1997 during the reconstruction of the nearby
Blue Mosque. The Iron Age museum now contains exhibits, dig sites, and artifacts recovered from the site.
See also
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Azerbaijan Museum
Azerbaijan Museum is the major archaeological and historical museum in Tabriz, in the northwest part of Iran (East Azerbaijan Province). It was established in April 1958. The museum consists of three major halls, a side yard, office rooms and a l ...
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Pottery Museum of Tabriz
References
Museums in Tabriz
Archaeology of Iran
Museums established in 2006
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