Seljuk relics recovered from gold shop in northern Iran

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
discovered a bronze dish, a dagger with a bone handle, a spoon with an animal handle, and a spoon with a copper handle during their
investigation at the shop, following receiving reports from cultural heritage enthusiasts.The relics are estimated to date from the Seljuk
ear, a provincial tourism official said on Tuesday.A suspect was surrendered to the judicial system in that regard for further investigation
and trial, the official added.Seljuks, also spelled, Seljuqs, were a ruling military family of the Oguz (Ghuzz) Turkic tribes that invaded
southwestern Asia in the 11th century and eventually founded an empire that included Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and most of Iran
Their advance marked the beginning of Turkish power in West Asia.According to the available data, the first well-documented evidence of
human habitation on the Iranian Plateau was found in several excavated cave and rock shelters, located mainly in the Zagros Mountains of
western Iran, dating to the Middle Palaeolithic or Mousterian period (c
100,000 BC).AFM