- Iranian archeologists have discovered a massive three-story
city in central Iran, probably dating from the ancient or Islamic eras,
Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency reported.
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- During the first season of excavation, a team of archeologists,
architects and history and geography experts have managed to unearth the
outlines of a city of labyrinth-like architectural structures, 2.5 meters
under the topmost layer of the earth, in the central city of Noush Abad,
near Kashan. They have discovered, indeed, three layers of urban constructs,
said Zahra Sarokhani, head of the researchers.
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- ìThe first story is 2.5 meters deep, while the
third layer is 16 m deep. The height of each story is 1.8 m,î she
added. ìIt is unprecedented in our excavation history to dig out
such a place, arguably making it unique in the whole world. The city can
lead us to learn many things about this style of architecture.î
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- The underground city has corridors, rooms and other architectural
structures, all interconnected to the upper or under level with flights
of stairways. Archeologists speculate it was built during the ancient or
Islamic eras, though they have no wild guess about the exact area of the
city due to their limited excavation works so far.
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- Kashan is an oasis city lying in a desert at the eastern
foot of the Central Iranian Range. Kashan was earlier an important station
on an important caravan route between Kerman and Isfahan. Kashan has several
ancient monuments. Most famous are the mausoleum of Shah Abbas 1, the 12th
century Friday Mosque and the Safavid royal buildings southwest of the
city centre.
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