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 | | At Ekbatana, Nushi Jan, Susa and Persepolis, efforts are being made to preserve the particularly vulnerable mudbrick architecture of the Median/ Achaemenid buildings through continuous replastering of walls and roofing. |
| | At Persepolis, the famous eastern staircase of the Apadana, with reliefs depicting the delivery of tribute from 23 satrapies, is now also protected from weather by a roof. |
| | Efforts to restrict damage of reliefs and rock inscriptions from water are currently being undertaken at the Sassanian site of Taq‑i Bustan in Kermanshah, the Achaemenid trilingual inscription of Darius at Bisutun and at his burial site in the cliffs of Naqsh‑e Rostam. |
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