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Archaeological
studies on the ancient sites of Bolaghi Gorge, in
Fars province, show that the residents of a
village discovered there dating to the Achaemenid
dynastic era, were fairly rich.
Bolaghi is an 18-kilometer-long gorge located 8
kilometers from the world heritage site of
Pasargadae, and according to archaeologists, has
been part of the King Road (rah-e shahi), the ancient major road
built by order of Darius the Great to connect Persepolis to
Susa.
Evidence of cave dwellings and life in the
prehistoric times up to the Islamic era exists in
the site. Iranian and Italian experts have
launched a project there to save the
archaeological remains of the Gorge before it is
lost forever when Sivand Dam is flooded in one
year time.
In the first excavation season, Architectural
features, plus some 8000 pieces of pot shreds have
been found in an unearthed village dating to the
Achaemenid era.
The discoveries prove that the residents of the
area were rich, specially during the Achaemenid
dynasty (550-330 BC), the Iranian head of the joint team of
experts, Alireza Asgari, told Persian service of
CHN.
A jug, more
than one meter high and weighing more than 50
kilograms have been unearthed in the store room of
a house, which according to Asgari, shows that
people stored lots of food each year.
Archaeologists have so far identified more than
129 ancient sites in the Gorge; however, only 100
square meters of the area underwent excavation
during the first season of work there.
The second excavation season of Bolaghi Gorge is
to start next October by cooperation of Iranians
and Italians, to find more about the site before
it is submergence by the Islamic regime's Ministry
of Energy
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