INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
said.This canal, whose walls and floor are completely stone, has a width of 70 centimeters and a height of 125 centimeters, and besides
transferring water from the reservoir to the diffuser, also deposited sediment in the reservoir, he noted.This structure, which measures 70
meters in length, served the lower plains of the dam up to the Pasargadae plain and Sivand and Persepolis for 200 years during the
Achaemenid period, he added.Back in March, the archaeologist announced that seasons of archaeological excavations on the Didegan dam
uncovered valuable secrets and information concerning dam engineering and water control management which were practiced in Iran during the
construction method.The expert considered Bostan Khani Dam as the largest of its kind in the Achaemenid period that has been identified so
far.Karami explained that waterways and water transmission networks are another part of their water management engineering, which is
January, a cultural heritage protection team discovered a stone-arched tunnel near an Achaemenid embankment dam in Marvdasht plain of Fars
province.The Achaemenid [Persian] Empire was the largest and most durable empire of its time
The empire stretched from Ethiopia, through Egypt, to Greece, to Anatolia (modern Turkey), to Central Asia, and India.Building activity was
extensive during the height of the empire, and of the several Achaemenian capitals, the ruins at Pasargadae and Persepolis are probably the
Achaemenian sculptured reliefs and a great number of smaller art objects present a remarkably unified style for the period
Metalwork, especially in gold, was highly developed, and a variety of carefully executed examples survive.The embankment dam has been
