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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL
& CULTURAL NEWS©
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Ancient
City Excavated in Golestan Province
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News
Category: Sasanian
Dynasty
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Monday,
10 December 2001
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TEHRAN
- A city dating back to the Sasanian dynasty was
unearthed in Iran's northern province of Golestan.
According
to the archeological research conducted, it is
thought that the ancient city, named Tamsheh, was
built during the reign of Khosrow Anoushakruwân,
the Sasanian Emperor. An archeologist with the
provincial Cultural Heritage Department, Dr.
Chegini, said that the remnants of the city
include a castle and the ruins of its fortified
walls.
The
city of Tamsheh was used as a military base during
the Umayyad invasion of Iran. It was built near
the sea to protect it from enemy attacks, and a
great wall was also built around the central
castle.
The
city is referred to in history by the famous
Iranian poet, Ferdowsi, in his masterpiece,
Shahnameh (the Epic of Kings). It is said that
between 1961 and 1964, Britain and Iranian
archeologists began to study the history of the
city.
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"History is the Light on the Path to Future"
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Encyclopaedia Iranica
The British Institute of
Persian Studies
"Persepolis Reconstructed"
The British Museum
The Royal
Asiatic Society
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