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65
archaeological site have been found during the recent identification
works in Moghan Plain, in Ardabil, Northwest of Iran.
With the first phase of studies by a joint team of foreign and domestic
experts reaching completion, some 65 archeological sites were discovered
in Moghan Plain of Ardabil.
Moghan Plain, located in the northernmost part of Ardabil Province, is a
fertile agricultural area, where previously 6 other archeological sites
were found.
According to head of the archeology team, Karim Alizadeh, the studies
were based on aerial and satellite pictures provided years ago by Jason
Alik Ur from New York State University.
The geographical coordinates of the area have been provided and samples
and pictures have been taken, Alizadeh told CHN, adding that their
detailed study would certainly take a long time.
Most of the 65 historical sites discovered date back to the Sassanid and
Islamic times, yet remains and physical evidence found in 8 of them make
them as old as the prehistoric times.
Alizadeh says that what makes these archeological areas really
surprising is their compression. The only area with similar number of
historical sites congested in such small areas is the Khuzestan Plain,
in south parts of Iran, which is dotted with sites dating from
prehistoric to Islamic eras.
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