INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
more than 180 million years, was donated to Astan Quds Razavi Museum, a vast cultural heritage exhibition located in the holy shrine complex
which may hint at a hotbed of biodiversity dating from 15 million years or so.According to the researchers, a new species of Galene de Haan
from the Mid Miocene (Langhian) strata of the Mishan Formation was exposed at two localities in Hormozgan province.The Galene species,
fossil and extant congeners known to date.The paleontologists have discovered fossils of a species of crab in different parts of the country
that suggests the Zagros Mountains were once sea waterways through which the Indian and Atlantic Oceans intersect some 10 to 15 million
years ago, and Iran has been one of the hotspots of biodiversity on Earth.Some three million historical objects are being kept in Iranian
museums which are affiliated with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts.Zanjan is one of the cities founded by
Sassanid King Ardashir I (180-242 CE)
The province makes a base for wider explorations with the architectural wonder of Soltaniyeh, the subterranean delights of the Katale-Khor
