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(CAIS)
-- “Three
Parthian columns were confiscated from smugglers. They
belonged to the Ancient temple of “Bard-Neshāndé” located
in Masjed Soleiman”, Hossein Foruzandeh head of the
“Guardians of National Heritage Unit” told in a press
conference.
Foruzandeh
stated “the discovered columns are varies in lengths,
one of them is over 4 meters long, the second one 2.5
meters, and the third one over 1meter long. All handed
over to the ICHTO”.
“These
three confiscated columns were discovered by the
smugglers”, he added.
“The
ancient site of Bard-Neshāndé is an open-air
temple, erected during the reign of Arsacid dynasty. The
raised and walled platform consists of freestanding
masonry columns employed in the temple without mortar, with a 4 meters wide
flight of steps made of stone. This site through time has
been suffered extensively, from natural causes such as
earthquake, as well as damages which have been caused by
the locals”, archaeologist
Mohesen Hosseini, an expert from Khuzestan Province ICHTO
told news reporters.
He continued, “today
over %80 of the site has been destroyed, and the remaining
%20 has been turned into a massive Tappeh
(archaeological/historical hill). Its broken pieces of
masonry scattered throughout the landscape surrounding the
temple and even near the highway.”
“A
number of columns from the temple already have been taken to Susa Fort for protection”, Hosseini
concluded.
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