TEHRAN, Iran: Archaeologists working at the Mashhad-e Morghab plain near Pasargadae in Fars Province recently discovered historical sites and monuments dating back to ancient times.

According to the director of the research section of the Pasargadae Complex the discovery includes a total of seventy-seven ancient sites, caves, mounds, mines, dams, and monuments.

“The findings include twelve caves, five prehistoric mounds, four mines, two furnaces, three dams, ten Achaemenid era mounds, seven open sites from the Sassanid era, five graveyards, as well as several water mills, castles, and mosques dating back to the Islamic era,” Rakhshani said.

No serious archaeological excavations had ever been carried out at the site, noting that the recent studies by experts of the the Parseh and Pasargadae Research Foundation could lead to further discoveries, he added.

A group of the foundation’s archaeologists had previously discovered 129 sites at Tang-e Bolaghi near Pasargadae.