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An Italian expert team who had visited Iran to give a clear picture of their cooperation in reconstructing the Bam Citadel has left for Rome following a pledge to share their expertise in archeological studies and renovating a caravansary inside the citadel, ruined last year in a massive quake south of Iran.
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An Italian expert team who had visited Iran to give a clear picture of their cooperation in reconstructing the Bam Citadel has left for Rome following a pledge to share their expertise in archeological studies and renovating a caravansary inside the citadel, ruined last year in a massive quake south of Iran.
“Over the past two weeks, a nine-strong team of Italian experts who deal with archeology and reconstructing historical sites, studied the Bam Citadel and decided they would assist us in terms of documenting, archeological studies and renovating a caravansary inside the site,” said Eskandar Mokhtari, head of the project for salvaging the 2,500-year-old adobe structure which was turned into rubbles by a terrifying jolt last Dec.
The Italian team is expected to send its roadmap in month to be studied at the Strategic Committee for Salvaging Bam and they could start their job when it is approved.
Situated in the desert on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau, Bam developed as a crossroads of trade in silk and cotton. Its origins can be traced to the Achaemenid period (6th-4th century BC) and it reached its heyday from the 7th to 11th centuries. Bam grew in an oasis created mainly thanks to an underground water management system (qanāts), which continues to function. The site’s main ancient remains are within a fortified citadel area (Arg), which contains 38 watchtowers, Governmental Quarters, and the historic town and its 8th or 9th century mosque, one of the oldest in Iran. This is the most representative example of a fortified medieval town built in vernacular technique using mud layers. As a result of the destruction, archaeologists have discovered new evidence of the history of the place in the Arg itself and in the surrounding territory. This includes remains of ancient settlements and irrigation systems, dating at least to the Parthian-Hellenistic period, 2nd century B.C.
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