TEHRAN -- A team of Iranian and Australian archaeologists working in Sorvan near Nurabab Mamasani in Fars Province has recently unearthed the ruins of building constructions belonging to the Achaemenid era at a site discovered during excavations carried out last year.

The project has brought to light the remains of stairs, halls and column bases. The work has also exposed the stone surface of the original Achaemenid site and numerous marble artifacts.
The column bases, which bear engravings similar to those belonging to the Sad-Sotun Palace (100-Column Palace) at Persepolis, have a diameter exceeding one meter, Iranian team director Alireza Asgari told the Persian Service of CHN on Saturday.
“These column bases bear engravings of lotus-shaped floral motifs and have palm-shaped grooves. The columns have been made from the same colored stone as the columns to be observed at Persepolis,” he added.
Archaeologists have so far been unable to determine exactly to which period of the Achaemenid dynasty the remains belong.
Evidence, including artifacts discovered at the location, suggests that the construction had been a center for the distribution of foodstuff.