WANA (Mar 17) – The head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Department of Oshnavieh, Iran, Ronak Tasa, has announced the exhibition of a 6,500-year-old infant burial discovered in the region.

 

She stated that the burial, found in a clay pot at the Chaparabad Hill in Oshnavieh, dates back to the middle of the 5th millennium BCE.

 

The burial will be displayed along with 30 significant artifacts, mostly pottery, stone, and bone objects, for visitors to view in Oshnavieh. These items are currently stored at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.

 

Tasa explained that the remains belonged to an infant who was about 38 weeks old at the time of death, born two to three weeks prematurely.

 

According to archaeologists, this burial is one of the most complete prehistoric infant burials in the Iranian plateau, with over 90% of the bones preserved.

 

The Chaparabad archaeological site, which dates back approximately 6,500 years based on archaeological findings, was first excavated in 2021 before the construction of a dam in the area.

 

Further excavations in 2022 uncovered parts of prehistoric settlement architecture. In the third phase of excavation, conducted during the filling of the Chaparabad Dam in fall 2023, over 230 square meters of prehistoric architectural remains were revealed.

Discovery of 6,500-Year-Old Infant Remains in Iran. Social media/ WANA News Agency