Archeologists discover main Achaemenid waterway in southern Iran Persepolis
Tehran, Sep 11, IRNA – The main valve of the Achaemenid period which used to transfer surface waters of the western site to the main network in the southern yard was discovered in Persepolis in Shiraz, Fars province.
The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted Ahmad Ali Assadi, head of the team to explore waterways of the Persepolis while announcing this on Monday as saying the aim of the third season of exploration of waterways in the Persepolis was to continue exploration of the waterway in the southern yard of the Tachar Palace, identification of the status of the waterway compound of the unfinished gate, and identification and unearthing some part of the wall of the Persepolis that due to the dirt caused by the previous excavations half of the southern side of the royal court had been buried under a pile of soil.
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