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Seven
historical hills in Varamin a suburban town in southern
Tehran have been enlisted as the National Heritage site in
order to be preserved and protected from illegal
excavation and conducting archaeological investigations.
The hills have sustained extensive damages because of
numerous rural expansion and development projects and
illegal excavations. Official of Tehran Cultural Heritage
Department hope to be able to preserve and protect these
historical hills and register them as the National
Heritage sites.
Fakhr-Abad Hill is traced back to the third and fourth
millennium B.C., Sa'd Abad to the 13th and 14th centuries
A.D., Qyias Hill to the Ilkhanid and Safavid era, Marzabad
Hill to Buyids and Saljuks era, Davud Abad Hill No. 1 to
the 1st millennium B.C., Neshatyieh Ganjtapeh to the
historic time, Kheirabad Hill to the 13th to 17th
centuries A.D., and Qeshlaqh Fardis Hill belongs to the
prehistoric era, they are located in suburbs of Varamin,
i.e. Fakhrabad, Sa'dabad, Qyiasabad, Taqhiabad, Davudabad,
Neshatiyeh, Kheirabad, and Qeshlaqh, respectively, and are
registered among the National Heritage of the country.
According to the Cultural Heritage Department of Tehran
Province, so far no certain plan has been drawn up for the
archaeological excavations on these ancient hills, but
along with preparation of registration documents,
documentation, survey works and locating of the hills have
been carried out. Meanwhile, the perimeters of these
historical hills will be determined in order to demarcate
the surrounding area of each site under the supervision of
the Iranian Cultural Heritage.
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