🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Sang-e Chakhmaq
Neolithic–Transitional Chalcolithic (c.7500–4500 BCE) · Jeitun-related → Cheshmeh Ali (Northeast Iran Neolithic)
Shahroud two-mound Neolithic tell (c.7500–4500 BCE, West PPN timber, East painted, 1400 m) at Shahrud.
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🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-e Bakun
Chalcolithic (Bakun, c.4000–3500 BCE) · Fars Chalcolithic Bakun culture
Marv Dasht Bakun twin mounds (c.4000–3500 BCE, painted Bakun ware, sealings, pillared hall) 3 km S Persepolis.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock-cut
Naqsh-e Rostam — North Tomb Facade (Pars, Achaemenid)
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Naqsh-e Rostam — North Tomb Facade (Pars, Achaemenid) in Fars, Marvdasht, Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attribute…
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock-cut
Bisotun — Heracles Relief Ancillary Niche (Kermanshah)
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Bisotun — Heracles Relief Ancillary Niche (Kermanshah) in Kermanshah, Bisotun, Iran is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-c…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Qanat Grove
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ancient City of Qanat Grove in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Shushtar Hydraulic System
Achaemenid foundation to Sassanian peak (5th century BCE – 3rd century CE) · Achaemenid, Sassanid Persian (with Roman engineering)
Sassanid re-engineering of the Karun River where the Band-e Kaisar (Caesar's Dam) — said built by Roman soldiers captured with Emperor Valerian — diverted the river into the Gargar canal feeding 40…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-i Bakun A
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) · Bakun A Chalcolithic
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) Bakun A Chalcolithic tell at Fars Province, Persepolis plain – proto-urban chalcolithic painted-pottery centre (dims Mound 2 ha, Bakun A workshops).
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Choqa Zanbil (Dur Untash)
Middle Elamite (c.1250–640 BCE) · Elamite
Elamite holy city built by King Untash-Napirisha (1250 BCE) to honor god Inshushinak: immense 105×105 m square ziggurat (originally 53 m high, 5 storeys) at center of three concentric walls with…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Malyan
Chalcolithic to Iron (c.4000 BCE–600 BCE; peak Proto-Elamite 3200–2800, Middle Elamite 1500–1100) · Proto-Elamite → Old Elamite → Middle Elamite (Anshan) → Persian Anshan
Malyan (Tal-e Malyan) is ancient Anshan — the great Elamite highland capital (130 ha) with Proto-Elamite tablets (3200 BCE, second after Uruk), Banesh phase mon...
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Eshkaft-e Siahoo
Eshkaft-e Siahoo (Persian: اشکفت سیاهو), meaning "Black Cave" in the regional dialect, was used by Neolithic humans as a rock shelter between 12,000 and 10,000-years ago.
🇮🇷 Iran · Submerged site
Submerged Harbour of Edge
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Submerged Harbour of Edge in Fars Province, Iran is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tol-e Bashi
Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c.6000–4500 BCE, Mushki–Bashi–Bakun) · Fars Neolithic Mushki → Bashi → Bakun
Ramjerd Neolithic tell 5 m high (Mushki–Shamsabad, early painted Mushki ware) NW of Persepolis.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex
Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE · Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE tell attributed to Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-i Bakun
Chalcolithic (c.4200–3500 BCE; Bakun B–A 4200–3700) · Bakun (Fars Chalcolithic, Ubaid-related)
Tall-i Bakun (Mound A, Fars) is the type-site of Bakun Chalcolithic (c.4200–3700 BCE) — elaborate black-on-buff painted ware with ibex and geometric motifs, sea...
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge
Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) · Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III)
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat
Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) · Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis)
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) ancient-city attributed to Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis).
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Shushtar Extension - Band-e Mizan
Achaemenid to Sassanian (5th c. BCE core; 260 CE Band-e Mizan by Valerian captives) · Sassanian with Roman engineering
Band-e Mizan – upstream regulator weir of Shushtar Hydraulic System (Khuzestan): 390m limestone weir across Karun splitting into Gargar canal (40 mills) vs Shatit, built 260 CE by Roman captives of…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Susa — Ville Royale East Platform Extension
Elamite to Achaemenid (2700 BCE–330 CE) · Elamite / Achaemenid Susa
Susa — Ville Royale East Platform Extension in Khuzestan Province, Iran is a Elamite to Achaemenid (2700 BCE–330 CE) ancient-city attributed to Elamite / Achaemenid Susa.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Edfu Pyramid South — Khuzestan (Ahvaz)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Maoling Mausoleum Mound East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Maoling Mausoleum Mound East in Khuzestan, Iran is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Edfu Pyramid South — Khuzestan — edfu-pyramid
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
River Cut Section West — Susiana (Ahvaz)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
River Cut Section West in Susiana, Iran is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Bronze Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Godin Tepe — Oval Compound High Mound
Early Bronze (III) to Iron III/Median, c.2600–500 BCE · Elamite / Median / Achaemenid
Oval Compound high mound at Godin Tepe (Period VI:1, c.500–330 BCE plus earlier Period III, c.2600 BCE high terrace). 120 × 80 m oval compound with bastions on natural mound 32 m high. T.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Tepe Sarab — Kermanshah Neolithic Settlement
Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (8000–6000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Sarab)
Tepe Sarab — Kermanshah Neolithic Settlement in Kermanshah Province, Iran is a Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (8000–6000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Sarab).