. . . "1100439567"^^ . . . . . . . . "Dr. Ali Akbar Sarfaraz is an archaeologist from Iran. He was formerly a member of the . In 1962, Sarfaraz was a member of a team which excavated an Iron Age site in Yanik Tepe. The excavation uncovered an artifact made of bone and resembling a pair of spectacles buried with the body of a girl. If, as Sarfaraz hypothesized, this artifact once held lenses, they would represent the earliest known use of corrective lenses."@en . . . . "39628486"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ali Akbar Sarfaraz"@en . . . "2591"^^ . "Dr. Ali Akbar Sarfaraz is an archaeologist from Iran. He was formerly a member of the . In 1962, Sarfaraz was a member of a team which excavated an Iron Age site in Yanik Tepe. The excavation uncovered an artifact made of bone and resembling a pair of spectacles buried with the body of a girl. If, as Sarfaraz hypothesized, this artifact once held lenses, they would represent the earliest known use of corrective lenses. In 1976-77, Sarfaraz led a \"rescue excavation\" at Khatunban after artifacts plundered from the site were confiscated.In 1999, Sarfaraz directed the excavation of of Cyrus the Great."@en . .