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Experts in Search of Lost Achaemenid City Beneath Portuguese Castle in Persian Gulf
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08 November 2006 |
LONDON, (CAIS) -- A team of Iranian archaeologists plans to begin excavating strata beneath the 16th century Portuguese castle in the port of Kong near Bandar Lengeh for possible remnants of one of the lost Achaemenid cities next week.
According
to a number of historical documents, the Achaemenid dynasty had established 12
cities in the region in
The
archaeologists say the remnants of the cities may be buried in silt under the
waters of the
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16th century Portuguese also left three other castles on the Iranian islands of
Larak, Qeshm, and Hormoz during their invasion in Persian Gulf
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