"From now on we shall talk about before and after Jiroft". (Jean Perrot)i

ژان پروو: از این پس باید به عنوان یک مبدأ پیش از تاریخ بگوییم پیش از جیرفت / پس از جیرفت

Magazine : Dossiers d'Archéologie.Jiroft, un nouveau regard sur les origines de la civilisation orientale.Oct 2003, Page : 2-3 Auteur : Perrot (J.)i


Professors Majidzadeh and Perrot exhibited the recovered finds in Paris for the October 2003 edition of the monthly Dossiers Archologiques. They believe they have found within them the evidence of a very advanced cultural and artistic center more than 5000 years old, the presence of which had not been known before.

Professor Jean Perrot, former CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) research director, specialist of Ancient Persia and excavator of Darius' statue in Suse, agrees with Majidzadeh that the importance of the discovery is unprecedented and that in regards to the origins of civilization, "From now on we shall talk about before and after Jiroft".

The artifacts, mainly chlorite (soft stone) copper vases, pots and goblets, are richly decorated. The pieces are inlaid with semi-precious stones, most of which have been stolen. They represent different sceneries: fortified towns of sophisticated buildings with geometrical architectural designs, various vegetal species (especially palms), animals such as goats, zebu’s (a domesticated ox), snakes fighting with panthers and eagles, wildcats, fantastic fighting creatures, strange women's heads, chimeras, scorpions and bulls.

French archaeologists are not the only ones interested in Jiroft. Professor Carl Lamberg-Karlovsky, from Harvard University in the United States, believes that the Jiroft discovery is a significant event that "Upsets our fundamental concept of the origins of Middle-Eastern civilization. In a region where we thought only nomads herding sheep were living, we have found a shining center not only equal but maybe superior to the one we have found in Mesopotamia."