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Bolaghi Valley's 7000-Year-Old Kilns under Intense Protection
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25 November 2006 |
LONDON,
(CAIS - edited by Shapour Suren-Pahlav) -- The
two ancient kilns, which had recently been relocated from the historic site of
Bolaghi Valley to Pasargadae, are now under protective conditions by experts.
Assuring
those concerned about the safety of the Bolaghi Valley clay kilns, Hassan Rāhsāz,
director of the project to relocate the kilns, invited them to go to Pasargadae
and closely observe the activities of the renovation experts.
According
to Rāhsāz, the kilns are buttressed and wrapped with steel cables and are now
kept in a protective liquid-filled chamber. He also said that a real size
replica of the first kiln, which had been made prior to lifting it from the
ground, is now placed next to the kilns to give a full impression of how these
old structures look like.
A
few months ago, a team of Iranian and German archaeologists at Bolaghi Valley
discovered five ancient clay kilns, from which two were chosen to be transferred
to the nearby historic site of Pasargadae. The kilns were found at a prehistoric
settlement from the Bākūn culture (late 5th to early 4th
millennium BCE) and are dated to sometime between 4000 and 5000 BCE.
The
first kiln was successfully lifted from the ground in late August after two
months of efforts and was immediately transferred to Pasargadae. It was the
first time in the world that a fixed earthenware artifact with such a history
was safely relocated. Two months later, experts succeeded in removing the second
kiln, which was also transferred cautiously to Pasargadae.
Several
groups are working on the Archaeological Rescue Excavations of the Bolaghi
Valley, a project that has been implemented to study 130 archaeological sites
before the reservoir of the Sivand Dam is filled and floods a large section of
the area.
According
to the latest announcements, inauguration of Sivand Dam by the Islamic Republic
is scheduled to take place within the next four months, in which will destroy
Iranian heritage in process.
It
is certain that inundation of the Sivand Dam will drown major parts of Bolaghi
Valley and 130 of its historical sites including a section of the Achaemenid'
Imperial Road (Râh-e Shâhi); however considering the distance between this dam
and the mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae, flooding of the dam though
will not submerge the mausoleum of Cyrus the Great, but the humidity created by
it will gradually destroy this revered ancient monument.
Sivand Dam is constructed by the Islamic Regime on the Sivand River in Bolaghi
Valley historical site, which is located 9 kilometres from the world heritage
site of Pasargadae in Fars province.
The choice of location for contracting a Dam by the regime, so close to Pasargadae, or construction of chemical factories in the vicinity of the ancient Bistun in Kermānshāh, railway close to Persepolis and Naqsh-e Rostam, Highway in Taq-e Bostan’s historical site or issuing licenses for mining operations in vicinity or under the Sasanian monuments are not accidental. The Islamic Republic's enmity towards anything Iranian, especially the pre-Islamic Iran is a prevalent knowledge.
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