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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL & CULTURAL NEWS©
10 September 2005
Recent studies in Mazandaran Province indicate that several historical cemeteries, villages, and Imamzadehs will be devoured by the reservoir of the Alborz Dam when it is filled with water next year, archaeologist Mehdi Abedini announced on Saturday. Abedini,
who is the head of the team of archaeologists currently working at the
historical site of Lafor in Savadkuh, Mazandaran Province, added that the
sites include six historical cemeteries, nine villages, and several
Imamzadehs, which are tombs of descendents of the Imams. “The
Laforak Cemetery is a unique one dating back to the Iron Age, and Aheh and
Espo Kola cemeteries belong to the early Islamic eras. The villages of
Laforak, Geshnian, Haji Kola, Chak Sara, Chasht Khoran, Mir Kola, and
Galesh Kola will also be submerged,” he stated. According to Abedini, an irreplaceable part of the ancient culture of Mazandaran Province will vanish forever due to the construction of the dam.
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