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In 1919, he married Yedda Roux, an accomplished artist and painter, who would later become both his lifelong companion and an active collaborator in his archaeological expeditions, particularly at the Buddhist sites of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.<br \/>\nThe year 1928 marked a defining turning point in Godard&#8217;s career, when he arrived in Iran under a twenty-year contract to oversee archaeological and architectural activities. This appointment initiated the most influential period of his professional life. Working closely with Yedda, he conducted archaeological surveys, supervised excavations, and designed a number of landmark architectural projects, while publishing the results of his research in leading scholarly journals. 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