Archeological excavations at Shahr-i Sokhta “Burnt City,” a prehistoric settlement in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of southeastern Iran, has revealed that the women of the 4th-3rd millennium BCE community maintained a high level of socio-economic status.
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Courtesy : ZNA