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CAIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL & CULTURAL NEWS OF IRANIAN WORLD© |
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Maps of Sasanid City Drawn Up
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26 April 2006 |
LONDON, (CAIS) -- Experts have for the first time drawn up maps of the abandoned Sasanid city of Estakhr, in Fars province, and will soon embark on excavations at the site after a lapse of 70 years.
Relics from the Achaemenid, Sasanid dynastic eras as well as Post-Sasanid peiod
have been unearthed from the historical city of Estakhr, which is located five
kilometers from Parse-Pasargad (Persepolis) archaeological complex. The first
excavations in the area were conducted by archeologists Schmidt and Herzfeld in
1936-37.
Head of the excavation team, Alireza Jaafari-zand told reporters that in
accordance with a plan drawn up in early March, maps of the central sections of
the city, including its mosque, have been compiled and the project is
continuing.
He recalled that no excavations have been conducted at the site since those
undertaken by Schmidt and Herzfeld. “There is a mosque in the central part of
the city which dates back to the first century post-Sasanid era. It was built
using construction materials of the Achaemenid and Sasanid dynastic eras. The
altar of the mosque was unearthed in 1936 and experts have drawn up maps of the
historical site,“ he said.
Jaafari-zand said that after the compilation of the maps, excavations will be
carried out at the historical site of Estakhr and since the project needs
approval as well as funding, excavations will begin afterwards by Iranian and US
teams jointly.
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