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[Ahura Mazda]

"It was a huge undertaking, requiring millions of bricks and, obviously, large numbers of labourers," Mr Collins said. He added that the defensive structures - which appear to have been 30m high from the surrounding terrain - would have been used to protect wealthy residents and the king's palace.

Life in the city, the researchers said, looks to have come to a halt near the end of the Middle Bronze Age before being abandoned for 700 years.