Friday, April 20, 2007

Iran dam said to threaten ancient sites

Iran dam said to threaten ancient sites (AP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he stands at the 'Nations Gate' of the Persepolis, the ancient Persian capital built by Darius I, during his visit to the Fars province, 540 miles (900 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran,Tuesday, April 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Javad Moghimi)AP - Iranian engineers began filling a new dam Thursday as archaeologists warned that its reservoir will flood newly discovered antiquities and could damage Iran's grandest site, the ancient Persian capital of Persepolis.


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