TEHRAN - Radiocarbon tests and archaeological findings of unearthed objects in Rostaq, a rural district in the southern province of Fars, indicate humans inhabited the region at least 35,000 years ago, Tasnim reported on Tuesday.

Iranian archeologist Hassan Moradi who led the project says the excavations revealed tens of settlements and objects that date from the Middle Paleolithic to the Islamic era.

Vestiges of burial places, qanats (aqueducts), plants, windmills, pools, houses, bathhouses, a cemetery, a cistern, a caravansary, and a mosque amongst others have been found during the excavation seasons.

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