Iranian archeologists have found an unknown form of Achaemenid architecture at the country’s southwestern Gachsaran historical site.
“The initial documentation of the site’s stone structures showed that the method used for pedestal installation was never seen before,” said director of Gachsaran archeology team, Ehsan Yaqmayi.
The first phase of Gachsaran excavations also yielded numerous human shelters dating back to the Stone Age along with a number of Paleolithic and Islamic sites.
Archeologists also found the ruins of an Achaemenid house, numerous Sassanid castles and sites, large stone pedestals adorned with lotus designs and the ruins of some Islamic cities including Molqan.
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