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2023-01-07 18:59
Reservoir may submerge Elamite, Achaemenid, and Islamic relics
TEHRAN – Some archaeologists have warned against the planned inauguration of a dam in southwestern Iran because it may flood ruins and relics from the Elamite, Achaemenid, and early Islamic eras.
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2020-10-06 00:03
Experts trying to recover relics from Iron Age tombs before being submerged in dam waters
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts have so far discovered 25 tombs at an Iron Age cemetery in Mersin, north-central Semnan province, trying to retrieve relics before the ancient cemetery sinks into the waters of a dam nearby.
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2020-09-14 20:31
Archaeologists to save relics before Iron Age cemetery submerged in dam waters
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists, cultural heritage experts, and diggers plan to recover ancient human remains and relics from an Iron Age cemetery in Mersin, Semnan province, before the cemetery is disappeared under the waters of a nearby dam.
