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LONDON,
(CAIS) -- Iranian archeologists are planning to
conduct operations to follow a recently discovered defence
wall built by the Sasanian King of Kings, Khosrow II,
Parviz (590-628 AD) linking his palace in Qasr-e Shirin (Kermanshah
province) to present day Iraq.
Announcing this, the head of Qasr-e Shirin excavation
team, Ali Hažiri
said that the defence wall begins from Bazi-Deraz mountain
and continues to Qaraviz mountain in what is today known
as Iraq. Its exact length has not yet been determined,
reported CHN.
“We have requested from Iran’s Cultural Heritage and
Tourism Organization (ICHTO) to recruit Iraqi
archeologists to determine the exact length of the wall
and how it may be connected to Sasanian edifices in Qasr-e
Shirin,“ Hažiri said.
He said that 40 km of the wall is located within modern
Iranian territory and fortresses like Zich Manižeh,
Sar-e Pol-e Zahâb and Dâr-e Balut are situated along the
same route to the final outpost of the frontier of the Sasanian
empire in the West of Khvarvaran
province (today known as Iraq).
Hažiri said that with the passage of time the wall was
ruined and currently its height is between one meter and
80 cm high while its width varies between 1.6 meter and
4.1 meter.
The wall is 17 km away from Khosrow-Shirin Palace on the
Qasr-e Shirin and Sar-e Pol-e Zahab. Part of the wall
which is in modern Iranian territory has been built of
stone slates.
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