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Sat, 02/12/2011 - 10:40
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Intl. conference to study Iran’s role in Silk Road
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) -- Iran’s historical position in the development of the Silk Road will be studied during an international conference, which opened in Tehran yeaterday.
Over 30 scholars are presenting papers in the three-day conference, which are holding at the National Museum of Iran (NMI).
The conference is designed to scrutinize the sites and documents discovered in the ancient route, NMI curator Azadeh Ardakani told on Friday.
The organizers also planned to emphasize the rights of Iran concerning the Silk Road in order to prevent gross distortion of the facts in this field.
Austrian numismatist Michael Alram, who is the director of the Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, is scheduled to attend the conference.
Polish Hellenistic and Parthian eras expert Marek Jan Olbrycht, professor of Iranian studies at the Sapienza University of Rome Carlo Cereti, as well as several other foreign scholars have also been invited to the discussion.
“Since the papers, which are slated to be discussed during the meeting, are based on new discoveries on the Silk Road, the conference can help students and scholars increase their knowledge about the route,” Ardakani said.
A collection of artifacts, discovered in the Iranian ancient sites that were found on the Silk Road path during the archaeological excavations, will be showcased in an exhibition as part of the conference.
Over 30 scholars are presenting papers in the three-day conference, which are holding at the National Museum of Iran (NMI).
The conference is designed to scrutinize the sites and documents discovered in the ancient route, NMI curator Azadeh Ardakani told on Friday.
The organizers also planned to emphasize the rights of Iran concerning the Silk Road in order to prevent gross distortion of the facts in this field.
Austrian numismatist Michael Alram, who is the director of the Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, is scheduled to attend the conference.
Polish Hellenistic and Parthian eras expert Marek Jan Olbrycht, professor of Iranian studies at the Sapienza University of Rome Carlo Cereti, as well as several other foreign scholars have also been invited to the discussion.
“Since the papers, which are slated to be discussed during the meeting, are based on new discoveries on the Silk Road, the conference can help students and scholars increase their knowledge about the route,” Ardakani said.
A collection of artifacts, discovered in the Iranian ancient sites that were found on the Silk Road path during the archaeological excavations, will be showcased in an exhibition as part of the conference.
