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The ancient mounds of sialk are located at southwest of Kashan; just on the right side of Kashan-fin road (amir kabir street) sialk consists of two northern and southern mounds ; which are about 600 meters far from each other and nearby these sites; there are two cemeteries A and B.

THE cemetery a dating back to 3500 years ago; and was located about 200 meters to the south of "southern tepee". Nowadays a new street crosses on the cemetrry and hidden it.  The cemetery B with antiquity of 3000 years old is located under the gardens and farm lands in the west side of tepee. In the early 1933/ some beautiful ceramic wares were appeared in paris which came from silk near Kashan . the representative of National museum of france; decided to get authority of excavation in sialk in the October 1933 . A french  expedition directed by professor "Roman Girishman" have responsibility on excavation in sialk kashan . The expedition did.  There seasons of excavations in 1933 ; 1934 ; 1937  and immediately in 1938 published its report in two volumes named "sialk kashan" in French at paris.

After the excavations of the French expedition and passing 70 years ' a new archaeological expedition under the title of the sialk reconsideration project ; did five excavation seasons in the northern and southern tepees with formal authority of Iranian cultural herit age organization with director of Dr .sadegh     malekshahmirzadi in 1999-2004