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Experts say Iraj Fortress was likely abandoned after construction

People who constructed the Sassanid fortress may have received bad news or were informed of a forthcoming invasion, the director of the team that recently completed a season of excavation at the fortress told the Persian service of CHN on Monday.

“Consequently, they had to cover all towers of the fortress with earth and left it in the hopes of coming back again but most likely they didn’t return to the site,” Mohammadreza Nemati added.

“Twelve excavations have been carried out on the body of the monument, but the team could not find any evidence to precisely determine the purpose of the structure,” he explained.

“The structure had been built to house 5000 people, while the pottery dishes discovered at the site are adequate for only 500 people,” he argued.
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