Background
Negahban, Ezatollah was born on March 1, 1926 in Ahwaz, Iran. Son of Abdol Amir and Roghieh (Dideban) Negahban.
Negahban, Ezatollah was born on March 1, 1926 in Ahwaz, Iran. Son of Abdol Amir and Roghieh (Dideban) Negahban.
Bachelor, University Tehran, Iran, 1948. Master of Arts, University Chicago Oriental Institute, 1954. Doctorate, Council of Education, Tehran, Iran, 1956.
Associate professor University Tehran, 1956-1962, professor, 1962-1978, director Institute Archaeology, 1957-1978, head department archaeology, 1968-1975, dean faculty of letters, 1975-1978. Technical director Iranian Archaeol. Service, Tehran, 1960-1965.
Technical advisor to Ministry of Culture, 1965-1979. Director Iran Bastan Museum 19, 1966-1968. Visiting curator, visiting professor University Museum, University Pennsylvania, 1980—2001.
Secretary general International Congress of Iranian Art and Archaeology and director 5th Congress, Tehran-Shiraz, 1968. Director excavation of Mehranabad, 1961, Marlik, 1961-1962, Haft Tepe, 1966-1978, Qazin Plain Expedition (Zaghe, Qabrestan, Sagzabad, 1970-1978), Archaeol. Survey of Northeast Iran, 1965, Mazandaran highlands, 1975.
Member Deutsches Archaeologische Institute, International Congress of Pre and Protohistory.
Married Miriam Lois Miller, May 1955. Children: Ali, Bahman, Mehrdad, Babak, Daryus.