Seh Gabi: Chalcolithic Echoes A small Chalcolithic community in Iran revealed through archaeology and ancient DNA 4840 CE - 3792 BCE Seh Gabi, Iran
Tepe Hissar: Echoes from Bronze‑Age Iran Twelve ancient genomes from Tepe Hissar reveal Near Eastern lineages and local continuity. 3705 CE - 1985 BCE Tepe Hissar, Iran (Iranian Plateau)
Shahr‑i Sokhta Bronze Age Echoes A desert metropolis in Seistan where archaeology and ancient DNA begin to meet 3200 CE - 1900 BCE Seistan (Shahr‑i Sokhta), Iran
Dinkha Tepe: Bronze–Iron Iran An archaeogenetic portrait from 2012–841 BCE at a tell in present-day Iran 2012 CE - 841 BCE Dinkha Tepe, Iran
Ganj Dareh: Dawn of the Zagros Neolithic Early goat herders of the High Zagros, c. 8295–7606 BCE — where archaeology meets ancient DNA 8295 CE - 7606 BCE Western Iran (Ganj Dareh, Kermanshah)
Hajji Firuz: Neolithic Echoes Chalcolithic villagers near Lake Urmia reveal early West Asian genetic threads 6065 CE - 5720 BCE Hajji Firuz, NW Iran (near Lake Urmia)
Shahr‑i Sokhta Bronze Age Mosaic A desert metropolis in Seistan whose bones and genomes trace Bronze Age connections 3330 CE - 2000 BCE Seistan, Shahr‑i Sokhta, Iran
Hasanlu Iron Age: Echoes of Western Iran Bones, pottery and DNA from Hasanlu Tepe reveal a crossroads of Near Eastern and West Eurasian lineages. 1425 CE - 479 BCE Hasanlu, West Azerbaijan, northwest Iran
Shah Tepe Bronze Age: Voices from Kerman Nine ancient individuals from Shah Tepe illuminate life on the Kerman plateau between 3489–3031 BCE. 3489 CE - 3031 BCE Kerman plateau, Iran
Tepe Abdul Hosein: Zagros Neolithic Echoes Early Neolithic community in the Central Zagros (8250–7700 BCE), glimpsed through archaeology and DNA 8250 CE - 7700 BCE Central Zagros, Iran (Tepe Abdul Hosein)
Kairan Mid–Late Bronze Horizon Steppe lives at the Kairan cemetery — where archaeology meets DNA 1936 CE - 1500 BCE Kairan, Kazakhstan (Central Steppe)
Tirana Today: Threads of Albanian Heritage Modern Albanian individuals from Tirana seen through archaeological context and preliminary DNA evidence 2000 CE Albania (Tirana)
