Archeological excavations in Iran’s southwestern city of Dena have yielded 120 sites dating back from the prehistoric to Islamic eras.
“33 historic, 15 prehistoric and 72 Islamic sites were discovered during a two-month excavation project in the city’s northern and eastern parts,” said director of the Dena excavation team, Mohammad Javad Jafari.
“The historic sites mostly belong to the Sassanid era. Some of the prehistoric sites have been buried under sedimentary layers and are impossible to unearth,” he added.
Archeologists have found two Bronze Age cemeteries and two prehistoric caves which were probably used by shepherds in ancient times.
The newly found Islamic sites date back from the 5th and 6th centuries to the Safavid and Qajar eras.
Iranian archeologists had earlier found the ruins of a post-Achaemenid era palace in Sisakht, near the city of Dena.
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