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A circular building with six towers of the Achaemenid period discovered in Iran

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By Leman Altuntaş
Arkeonews Net
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:51 UTC

Archaeologists have uncovered an almost circular adobe building with six towers, built in the 6th century BC, near Birjand in South Khorasan.

Excavations in the largely unexplored Khorasan began in 2009 and are one of the few excavations that have continued to the present day. In the east of Iran, only two archaeological sites had previously been excavated: Dahane-i Gholaman in Sistan to the south of Khorasan and Tappe Rivi in the north of Khorasan.

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