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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL
& CULTURAL NEWS©
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200
Stones From Median Era Discovered
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News
Category: Median
Dynasty
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Tuesday,
04 December 2001
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TEHRAN
-- Some two hundred stones dating back to the
Median dynasty (750-550 BCE) have been discovered
in Chahârmahâl-Bakhtiâri Province.
An
expert at the Chahârmahâl-Bakhtiâri Province
Cultural Heritage Department, Karimiân, said that
150 of the stones have been registered as national
monuments.
It
seems after the overthrow of the Sasanian dynasty,
some Iranians who were unable to escape with their
tribes from Arab massacres, lived in the stones.
These
people lived in holes which were carved in the
stones until they were able to rejoin their
tribes.
The
stones, which are two meters tall, one meter wide
and 70 centimeters long, have been found near the
rivers of the cities of Fârsân and Ardâl in
Chahârmahâl-Bakhtiyâri Province, Karimiân
said.
The
largest stone is in Deh-No village near Farsan
city. It is 240 centimeters long and 210
centimeters wide. The smallest stone is in Ardâl
city. It is 110 centimeters long and 80
centimeters wide.
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