Urartian Heritage Narrative: From Iran to Van

A specialized session titled 'A Narrative on Documenting Cultural Heritage in the Turcycle Tour (Iran-Turkey),' focusing on reviewing archaeological findings and Urartian pottery, will be held on Tuesday, 21 Mehr 1405, at the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism.

The National Arts Department of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism organizes:

Narration of Urartian pottery; From Iran to Van

The specialized meeting "A Narrative of Documenting Cultural Heritage in Tour Cycle Tour (Iran-Turkey)" focusing on rereading archaeological findings and Urartian pottery, will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 1405 at the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism.

According to the report of Aria Heritage reporter, a cultural heritage documentation meeting was held in Iran-Turkey tour cycle tour organized by the National Arts Department of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute and in order to examine the experience of a research trip by bicycle from Iran to Turkey and the capacities of this travel method for documenting and studying historical and cultural heritage with the presence of Farid Rahnama, Saeed Saleki, a researcher in the field of pottery and ceramics, and Maryam Dara, a member of the academic staff of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and a researcher in the field of linguistics. will be

Examining Urartian pottery and their comparative study with the pottery works of Iran's cultural sphere is one of the main axes of this program. In this section, the characteristics of red-hot pottery, the methods of making and firing, the type of soil and the composition of raw materials, as well as the possibility of using laboratory methods and microscopic studies to identify the similarities and differences of these works will be examined.

The Urartu civilization, which flourished in the first millennium BC in parts of eastern Anatolia and around Lake Van, is one of the important areas of archaeological studies in the region. Examining the remaining works of this civilization and comparing them with the archaeological findings of Iran can help to better understand the technical and cultural characteristics of the works and examine the historical links between neighboring regions.

Another topic of this program is the introduction of research trips by bicycle or "Tourcycle" as an interdisciplinary approach in the link between field research, nature tourism and adventure. In this section, the experiences and challenges of traveling by bicycle in cultural and historical routes and the capacity of this method for documenting cultural heritage are discussed.

This meeting will be held with the presence of archaeologists, researchers in the field of anthropology and linguistics, representatives of the cycling federation and students of related fields, including archeology and handicrafts.

This program will be held on Tuesday, October 21, 1405, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Persian Gulf Hall of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute, located in Tehran, Imam Khomeini St., corner of C-Tir St., those interested can participate through the Skyroom link announced at the address.