Vito Messina, Jafar Mehr Kian. “The sanctuary and cemetery of Shami: research of the Iranian-Italian joint expedition in Khuzistan at Kal-e Chendarin”

The authors are the co-directors of the Iranian-Italian archaeological Expedition in Khuzistan, south-west Iran, the seat of the kingdom of Elymais, a Parthian vassal state ruled by a local dynasty. In this paper written for the ECIS conference in 2014, they present the very first observation about the site of Kal-e Chendar, in the valley of Shami, where the famous Shami Prince bronze statue was discovered. The report describes the terraces and the mud-brick structures individuated by A. Stei..