🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sabz (Deh Luran)
Early Village – Archaic Susiana (6000–5000 BCE) · Deh Luran Early Village
Early Village – Archaic Susiana (6000–5000 BCE) tell of Deh Luran Early Village in Ilam Province, Deh Luran Plain (c.6000 BCE).
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🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Temple of Anahita — Kangavar
Hellenistic–Parthian to Sassanian (contested) · Seleucid Greek–Parthian–Sassanian; Anahita cult syncretism
210×224 m terrace on Khorasan Road, Anahita water-temple vs. Parthian palace debate, double Ionic colonnade.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Northern Annex
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Northern Annex in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Western Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) · Helmand Culture
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Western Terrace in Sistan, Zabul, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Helmand Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Hasanlu Buried Burned Citadel Hall 7
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hasanlu Buried Burned Citadel Hall 7 in West Azerbaijan, Hasanlu, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Western Terrace
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) · Hissar Culture
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Western Terrace in Semnan, Damghan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) tell attributed to Hissar Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Yahya Buried Proto-Elamite Workshop Terrace
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Tepe Yahya Buried Proto-Elamite Workshop Terrace in Kerman, Tepe Yahya, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hissar Buried Treasure Hill Cremation 12
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Tepe Hissar Buried Treasure Hill Cremation 12 in Semnan, Tepe Hissar, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East in Fars, Persepolis, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Tepe Sialk Ziggurat South Mound Platform
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Tepe Sialk Ziggurat South Mound Platform in Isfahan, Sialk, Iran is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Kul Tepe (Jolfa, near Araxes)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I–II (5000–2800 BCE) · Dalma → Pisdeli → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian)
Araxes floodplain tell with Dalma–Kura-Araxes sequence linking Urmia to Transcaucasia.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Haft Tepe (Haft Tappeh, ancient Kabnak)
Middle Elamite (1500–1350 BCE; short floruit ~100 years) · Middle Elamite (Kidinuid→Igihalkid)
Middle Elamite tomb-temple city of Tepti-Ahar with vaulted royal tombs and 600-tablet archive.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Choga Gavaneh Ziggurat Mound (Islamabad-e Gharb)
Old Babylonian to Kassite (Middle Bronze) · Kassite / Highland Zagros
Zagros highland ziggurat at Choga Gavaneh c.1800 BCE — 60 m square mudbrick platform 15 m high with Kassite pottery linking Babylonia to Sialk highland line.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Kurit Upper Arch Dam — Tabas Foshinkan Upper Weir (Kurit Superior)
Ilkhanid (14th c 1330 CE) upper completion · Ilkhanid–Safavid
Upper arch weir 2.2 km upstream of main Kurit arch dam (60 m high Ilkhanid arch, tallest pre-modern) in Tabas gorge (1,020 m), forming cascade: upper weir 12 m high 34 m crest, reservoir 45,000 m3…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch West Branch (Yazd Zarch Qanat Western Gallery)
Ilkhanid branch on Achaemenid–Sasanian trunk · Ilkhanid Yazd (branch) on Persian qanat tradition
Qanat-e Zarch west: 11.2-km Ilkhanid branch of world's longest 71-km Yazd qanat, UNESCO 1476.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Naqsh-e Jahan? Actually Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North (Iran)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Naqsh-e Jahan? Actually Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North (Iran) in Zanjan, Dashkasan Pyramid Tomb North, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyrami…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil
Elamite Middle Elamite (1344–1300 BCE) · Elamite (Middle Elamite)
Largest Mesopotamian-related ziggurat outside Mesopotamia: Elamite holy city Dur-Untash by King Untash-Napirisha (1344–1306 BCE) for god Inshushinak.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Takht-e Soleyman — Azargoshnasb Fire Temple North Iwan
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Takht-e Soleyman — Azargoshnasb Fire Temple North Iwan in West Azerbaijan, Takht-e Soleyman, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple com…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-i Sokhta — Burnt Palace East Wing
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Shahr-i Sokhta — Burnt Palace East Wing in Sistan and Baluchestan, Zabol, Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city …
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sialk — South Mound Burial Terrace (Kashan)
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Tepe Sialk — South Mound Burial Terrace (Kashan) in Isfahan, Kashan, Tepe Sialk, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Ch…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Susa — Achaemenid Palace North Apadana Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Susa — Achaemenid Palace North Apadana Terrace in Khuzestan, Shush, Susa Achaemenid, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Takht-e Soleyman — Throne of Solomon and Azargoshnasb Fire Temple
Sasanian Empire 224–651 CE (peak 5th–7th century) → Ilkhanid 13th century reuse · Sasanian Zoroastrian → Ilkhanid Mongol Islamic palace phase
Sasanian Great Fire temple on a 120 m artesian lake — shahs' coronation sanctuary, later Ilkhanid palace.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Minab — Ancient Canal North (Hormozgan, Iran)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Minab — Ancient Canal North (Hormozgan, Iran) in Hormozgan, Minab, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic …