Jafar Mehr Kian, Vito Messina. “Mountainous Sanctuaries of Ancient Elymais. Preliminary Results of the Research conducted by the Iranian-Italian Joint Expedition in Khuzestan”

The authors are since many years the co-directors of the Iranian-Italian archaeological Expedition in Khuzistan, south-west Iran. The region was the seat of the kingdom of Elymais, a Parthian vassal state ruled by la local dynasty. To pay homage to Prof. Boucharlat’s activity in the same region, the authors present the main cultic sites connected to the kingdom’s ruling dynasty and brought to light by past expeditions: Majid-e Sulayman and Bard-e Nechandeh, two large religious complexes build..