Jiroft: The 5,000-Year-Old Mythical City Buried in the Sand | Full Documentary

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In 2001, in southeastern Iran, the Halil Roud river shifted its course, revealing traces of an unknown civilization long buried beneath the sands of the Iranian plateau.

The inhabitants of the Jiroft region were the first to clandestinely extract a vast number of ancient artifacts dated to the 3rd millennium BC: carved vases, symbolic figures, and ritual objects. This priceless treasure fueled international smuggling circuits before Iranian authorities launched a rescue operation.

This documentary follows archaeologists in their investigation of this forgotten civilization and explores the fascinating hypothesis: could this city be Aratta, the mythical metropolis mentioned in the oldest Sumerian texts of Mesopotamia?

JIROFT, LE ROYAUME PERDU
Directed by: Olivier Julien
Production: GEDEON Programmes, ARTE, Channel 4, SBS, RTBF, TSR, TFO Ontario, Planète+
Format: 52 minutes - 2005
Category: Education / History & Archeology

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