Ancient Persian Cultural Property Returned to Iran from Conflicting Rice 8:13 on October 3
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An ancient Persian cultural property engraved with a wedge-shaped letter about 2500 years ago was returned to Iran from an American university where it was stored and opened to the public. Regarding the United States and Iran, since the conflict has deepened, citizens have heard that they want to improve the relationship.
The returned 1700 clay plates were excavated in the 1930s at the ruins of Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Empire, which is registered as a World Heritage site.
At the time, the University of Chicago in the United States, which was involved in excavation, brought it back to the United States for academic research, but it was returned in response to a request from the Iranian government, and at the National Museum in the capital Tehran on the 2nd Some are now open to the public.
The clay board is from the Achaemenid Persian era about 2500 years ago, and is engraved with wedges. The University of Chicago still has thousands of clay plates, and the Iranian government will continue to ask for a return, and at the same time, in cooperation with the University of Chicago, will continue to decipher the wedge-shaped letters and make history clearer. The
Iran has no diplomatic relations with the United States, and recently there has been a deepening conflict between the two countries over attacks on oil-related facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Citizens who visited the museum said, “It may be a small story, but I would like to improve the relationship between the two countries,” or “Return is a positive story. Peace is the best.”