Cyrus be dammed

Archaeologists are in a tizzy as Iran's Sivand Dam nears completion. The dam will flood the Tang-e Bolaghi gorge, home to 129 sites of interest to local scholars and diggers. An old Persian imperial highway that connected Persepolis to the city of Pasargadae, where the emperor Cyrus the Great is buried, also ran through the gorge. Pasargadae lies only 3 miles from the gorge and eventual floodplain. Experts fear that increasing humidity as a result of the flooding will damage the site.