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| | blogrunner: A Rush to Excavate Ancient Iranian Sites |
 | | Teams from the United States, Poland, Germany, France, Italy and Japan are working together in the Tang-e Bolaghi Valley, looking for the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae, cities that at different times were capitals of ancient Persia, northeast of modern Shiraz. |
 | | Construction on the dam, planned to allow irrigation in the arid region, has been postponed until early 2006, and the Ministry of Energy has agreed to halt the project if a major site is discovered. |
 | | Last year, the United Nations issued an international appeal for archaeologists to unearth and record what they could before the flooding. |
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