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A paper on the historical changes of Iran
Archaeologists found the remains of a stone wall in Iran, which is as long as the famous Hadrian Great Wall built by the Romans in Britain. This wall is about 7 1 mile (115km) long and was found in Zahab county in western Iran. Ari Betji, a doctoral student in the Department of Archaeology at Tehran University, wrote in an article published in the online edition of Antiquities magazine: "It is estimated that the volume of this stone wall is about 6,543.38+0,000 cubic meters (353. 14.667 cubic feet), which requires a lot of resources in terms of labor, materials and time." . Aribet Ji wrote that the building extends from Bam Mountain in the north to the north and south, all the way to the village of Zau Mag in the south. The pottery found along the wall shows that it was built from the 4th century BC to the 6th century AD.

"Now in some places along the wall, you can still clearly see the ruins of the destroyed buildings. These may be related to watchtowers or buildings, "wrote Arribet Ji. He pointed out that the wall itself is made of "natural local materials, such as pebbles and boulders, and gypsum mortar is retained in some places." Although archaeologists don't know the existence of this wall, people who live nearby have long known it. They call it the "Gao Rui Wall", Ali Baji wrote.

A spokesman for Antiquities magazine said that since the publication of Ali Baiji's paper, the magazine learned that another group of archaeologists had conducted early research on this wall; This study has never been published in a magazine. Mysterious Wall Archaeologists are not sure who built the building or what it was used for. Because this stone wall is so poorly preserved, scientists can't even determine its exact width and height. Their best estimate is 13 feet (4 meters) wide and about 10 feet (3 meters) high.

"It is not clear whether this is defensive or symbolic," Ali Baiji pointed out, which may mark the border of an ancient empire, perhaps the Parthians (who flourished from 247 BC to 224 AD) or the Sassanians (from 224 AD to 65 AD1year). Ali Baiji wrote that both empires in western Iran have built large castles, cities and irrigation systems, so it is likely that they both have the resources to build the Gawri wall. The newly discovered Great Wall of Korea is not the only ancient Great Wall in Iran. Archaeologists have previously discovered similar buildings in northern and northeastern Iran. These may be for defensive purposes.

Arribet Ji hopes to do more research in the future.