Archaeologists tau unearthed ib tug ancient qhov ntxa thaum excavations nyob rau hauv ancient lub nroog ntawm Nahowand nyob rau hauv Iran. Raws li lawv, qhov no yuav yog qhov ntxa ntawm Seleucid satrap, ceeb toom Tehran Times.
Lub qhov ntxa ntawm qhov liam ntawm Seleucids tau pom nyob rau hauv niaj hnub Iranian cheeb tsam ntawm Hamedan. Nws tau pom los ntawm ib pab neeg coj los ntawm archaeologist Mohsen Khanjan. Raws li nws, lub qhov ntxa tso lub teeb tshiab ntawm kev xav ntawm Hellenistic lub neej nyob rau sab hnub poob-central Iran. Lub qhov ntxa nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm Tepe Nakarechi, nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw uas cov kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm yav dhau los tau pom ib lub tuam tsev qub Seleucid. Tam sim no, lub qhov ntxa yog ib puag ncig toj, txog yim meters siab, nyob ntawm cov vaj txiv hmab nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm Nahavand. Nahawan yog ib lub nroog uas Seleucids tau tsim thaum lub sijhawm lawv txoj cai nyob rau thaj tsam ntawm Iran niaj hnub. Nws paub tias lawv tau sim "Hellenize" lawv cov khoom. Yog li ntawd, Seleucids tau caw cov neeg Greek nto moo tshaj plaws thiab txawj ntse sculptors, craftsmen, xib fwb, artists, historians thiab txawm tub luam. Kuj ceeb tias, cov khoom tsawg heev los ntawm Seleucid era tau muaj sia nyob, txawm hais tias lawv tau kav yuav luag peb centuries. Yog li ntawd, qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm lub qhov ntxa tsis paub tam sim no tuaj yeem pab tau zoo rau cov kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm hauv kev kawm Seleucid lub sijhawm hauv Iranian toj siab. Tsis tas li ntawd, nws muaj peev xwm muab pov thawj ntawm kev faus neeg tsis paub rituals los ntawm lub sij hawm no. Yav dhau los nyob rau hauv tib cheeb tsam, archaeologists pom lwm yam khoom muaj nqis xws li tooj dag pej thuam ntawm Greek vajtswv, ib lub thaj zeb zeb, sab saum toj ntawm ib kem thiab pottery. Los ntawm txoj kev, archaeologists tsis txiav txim siab tias ua ntej Seleucids tuaj rau qhov chaw no tej zaum yuav muaj ib qho kev sib haum xeeb ntau dua qub.
Cov Seleucids yog ib lub dynasty ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm lub xeev Hellenistic tsim los ntawm Seleucus I Nicator. Lub tom kawg yog lub dyad ntawm Alexander lub Great, ib tug ntawm cov nyob ze generals uas faib lub teb chaws Ottoman tom qab kev tuag ntawm Alexander lub Great. Lub tebchaws Seleucid tau muaj txij li xyoo 312 BC. txog 63 BC Seleucus tau txais Babylonia hauv 321 BC. thiab nthuav nws cov tuav kom suav nrog ntau ntawm Alexander lub Great lub Middle East. Ntawm qhov siab ntawm nws lub hwj chim, lub teb chaws Ottoman suav nrog Central Anatolia, Persia, Levant, Mesopotamia thiab tam sim no Kuwait, Afghanistan, thiab thaj chaw ntawm Pakistan thiab Turkmenistan.