History Of Excavations

Shahr-i-Sokhta, a proto-urban site, is one of the most important archaeological monuments of southeastern Iran and many researchers and archaeologists focused on it to evaluate their information about different process of human evolution in proto urban period. The excavation of this site was conducted in two different stages. The first stage took place in 1966-1978, with the excavations of the Italian expedition directed by Maurizio Tosi , Sandro Salvatori and Marcello Piperno. Later in 1997 the Iranian Archaeological Expedition under S. M. Sajjadi resumed a new stage of excavations in different parts of shahr i Sokhta consist of necropolis and residential areas.

Excavation at building no.1 : 1997-2009

Excavtion at graveyard of Shahr i Sokhta :1997-2018

Archaeological campaign of Shahr i Sokhta, before Islamic revolution of Iran  

Archaeological campaign of Shahr i Sokhta 2009

Shahr i Sokhta campaign in 2014

Archaeological campaign of Shahr i Sokhta , November 2017

Archaeological campaign of Shahr i Sokhta 2018

Archaeological campaign of Shahr i Sokhta, November 2019