TEHRAN - Veteran Iranian museum manager, restorer, and cultural heritage expert Abbas Etemad Fini died on Tuesday after a period of illness.Etemad Fini teamed up with well-known archaeologists such as Roman Ghirshman, Jean Perrot, and Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi and belonged to various historical teams in Khuzestan and Sialk, the National Museum of Iran told the Tehran Times on Wednesday.Moreover, he served as manager of the Sialk museum and conservator, with more than seventy years of experience in the field of cultural heritage and restoration.Born 1936 in Fin of Kashan, Etemad Fini signed up with to Sialk excavation team as a teenager due to the cooperation of his dad, Ahmad Etemad Fini with the research team of Sialk and Roman Ghirshman.For more than 3 years, he took part with Ghirshman and later Jean Perrot in the excavations of Susa and Ivan-e Karkheh, Chogha Zanbil, Masjid Soleiman, Khark Island, and Kangavar.
Etemad joined the archaeological task of Silk at the beginning of the re-excavations of Silk in 2001, and after a number of seasons of excavations, he became the manager of the Sialk Museum for more than 20 years, and at the same time, he actively participated in the repair of the archaeological finds.Etamad Fini had a deep knowledge of conservation and adobe architecture, and due to his experiences in this field, he was invited by the Archéodrome archaeological Park in Burgundy, France, to hold a workshop and experimental building and construction of adobe structures.Etemed Fini spoke French well.
His book The Secret of Number Seven was released by Babr Publications in 2019.
Nasim Mograzi wrote his bio Ser-e Sweida which was released by Edbestan Novin Publishing House.In acknowledgment of his efforts in the field of cultural heritage for majority a century, a commemoration ceremony was held in the Sialk historical base in 2019.
National Museum of Iran Director Jabrael Nokandeh revealed his acknowledgements to the late Etemad Finis family and individuals of Kashan.
He added that Abbas Etemad Fini will be considerably missed, but his efforts for the cultural heritage of Iran will be remembered forever.AFM