Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent fungi eroding the millenia-old monuments. "In about 50, 100, or 200 years, they will turn the stone into soil," explains Shahram Rahbar, head of renovation at the site where he and his team are working relentlessly to combat the infestation.
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00:00They are slowly changing the rock surface that usually has a pattern on it.
00:29They have been doing this for 50, 100, 200 years.
00:33They are doing something that we don't have any trace of.
00:37And they are destroying the rock surface.
00:59It is very important.
01:14Even our lives are important.
01:16When our children grow up, they will understand which country they live in.
01:20If they weren't here, we wouldn't be here either.