Tell Magzaliyah

Tell Magzaliyah is an archeological site that no layperson ever knew existed, and for many professionals this site is as obscure to them as it is to history.  This site is located in the southern tip of Iran and its exact age unknown.  Only one archeologist had been found that had any information on the site.  Dr. Brahmir Ousaii believes that the site is somewhere between 2,500 years old and 3,000 years old.  The people who were believed to have lived there would most likely be today’s ethnic Iranians.  These people seem to have taken part in very little farming and instead were mainly herders and nomads.  This site is important because very little is known about it at all.  It’s oblivious to researches as well as many of the population living near the site today.  Exactly who found the site is also unknown, in all the research conducted for this paper not one name was found of somebody who took credit for finding Tell Magzaliyah. 

Very few artifacts remain at the site today other than the fragments of masonry used to erect this semi-permanent structure.  Artifacts catalogued from this site include only a few bones from a dromedary and a small portion of broken pieces of primitive pottery. 

References:

Cowboy http://frantiq.mom.fr/PaleoAnnuelle/bibliopaleo.html

Ryan, Joshua. “A Walk in the Desert.” National Geographic 124 (1981): 75-81

Written by Cody Anderson