🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Mizan Dam – Shushtar Hydraulic Node
Achaemenid to Sasanian · Achaemenid / Sasanian (with Roman prisoners)
390-m Karun diversion weir (5th c BCE /260 CE) — head of Shushtar mills system.
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🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Haft Tepe (Kabnak) Ziggurat — Elamite Royal Tomb Complex
Middle Elamite (Kabnak period) · Elamite
Middle Elamite ziggurat-tomb of King Tepti-Ahar c.1470 BCE at Haft Tepe (Kabnak) — 33 m platform with 354 m vaulted royal tomb and 400-tablet archive.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat of Mehriz — Deh-shir Qanat Chain (Mehriz Highland Qanat)
Sasanian to Safavid (500–1700 CE) · Sasanian–Islamic
Highland qanat chain at Deh-shir plain Mehriz County (1,450 m) with 18 km gallery from Shir Kuh massif (3,200 m) alluvial fan piedmont.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Tang-e Boraq Aqueduct (Boraq Gorge Cliff Aqueduct)
Sasanian to Kakuyid (450 CE, repaired 1050 CE) · Sasanian Zagros (Eqlid terrace farmers)
Tang-e Boraq: 420-m Sasanian 450 CE cliff aqueduct in 85-m Zagros gorge, Eqlid 30.55N 52.32E.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Paskeh Band Ancient Dam – Hormozgan (Band-e Paskeh)
Sasanian (Shapur I–II) · Sasanian Persian
180-m Sasanian gravity dam (240–380 CE) on Minab tributary — 300,000 m³ for Minab palms.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Yanık Tepe (Yanik Tepe)
Late Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (3600–1400 BCE; peak Kura-Araxes 3000–2500 BCE) · Urmia Chalcolithic → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian) → Early Urmia Bronze
Lake Urmia Kura-Araxes lakeside tell with black burnished round houses and metal workshops.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Apamea Ragiana
Apamea Ragiana (Greek: Απάμεια) – Apamea Rhagiana, Apamea Raphiana, or Apameia Rhagiane; previously, Arsace, Khuvar, and Choara – was an ancient Hellenistic city of Choarene, Media (formerly…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman
Chalcolithic to Bronze · Yahya period / Elamite
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman at Kerman, Tepe Yahya, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze ancient village of the Yahya period / Elamite tradition, built c.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-e Sukhteh Burnt City Eastern Mound
Bronze Age · Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand
Shahr-e Sukhteh Burnt City Eastern Mound at Sistan, Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran is a Bronze Age ancient city of the Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand tradition, built c.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Bastam Fortress
Urartian (c.685–645 BCE Rusa II) · Urartu (Kingdom of Van)
Largest Urartu fortress (100 × 300 m upper citadel, lower town 850 × 350 m) built by Rusa II, with tripartite tower, Haldi temple, pithoi storeroom (huge jars 1,500 L), and inscribed horse trappings…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Shushtar — Ancient Bridge-Weir North (Khuzestan, Iran)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Shushtar — Ancient Bridge-Weir North (Khuzestan, Iran) in Khuzestan, Shushtar, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat) in Khuzestan, Shush, Chogha Zanbil, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Mish — High Mound North Shrine (Khuzestan)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Mish — High Mound North Shrine (Khuzestan) in Khuzestan, Chogha Mish, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Persepolis — Treasury Ancillary Archive
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Persepolis — Treasury Ancillary Archive in Fars, Marvdasht, Persepolis, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bron…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chogha Golan
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic (c.11700–3600 BCE) · PPNA → PPNB → Early Chalcolithic (Seimareh Neolithic)
Seimareh 10kyr Neolithic tell 8 m (c.11.7–3.6 ka, 12000 plant samples, pisé) near Seimareh valley.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Bampur — Citadel North Bastion (Sistan)
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Bampur — Citadel North Bastion (Sistan) in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iranshahr, Bampur, Iran is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed …
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Nushi Jan (Noushijan)
Iron Age III Median (c.750–600 BCE) · Median (pre-Achaemenid Iranian)
Hilltop Median triad 60 km S of Hamadan: West Temple with small fire altar inside a sanctuary, Central Temple with vaulted altar niche, and hypostyle Columned Hall (12 wooden posts on stone bases) –…
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Kaldar Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.54,000–30,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian
Khorramabad MP–UP cave 5 m (54–30 ka, first Baradostian 54 ka, AMH beads) 5 km N Khorramabad.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Cave of Settlement New
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Cave of Settlement New in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) cave attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Guran
Aceramic–Early Ceramic Neolithic (7100–5500 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Guran)
Aceramic–Early Ceramic Neolithic (7100–5500 BCE) Zagros Neolithic (Guran) tell at Lorestan Province, Hulailan Plain, Zagros – campsite-to-village neolithic sequence in zagros (dims Mound 8 m, Guran PHASES a–j).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Konar Sandal North
Early–Middle Bronze (2700–2100 BCE) · Halil Rud (Jiroft)
Early–Middle Bronze (2700–2100 BCE) Halil Rud (Jiroft) ancient city at Kerman Province, Jiroft plain, Halil River – northern citadel mound of jiroft twin city (dims North mound 13 m high; city 400 ha together).
🇮🇷 Iran · Quarry
Tell Bajada Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Tell Bajada Quarry in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Qabrestan
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.5000–2900 BCE) · Qazvin plain Chalcolithic (Zagheh–Qabrestan)
Qazvin tell 12 m high (c.5000–2900 BCE, Zagheh→Qabrestan, cemetery) south of Qazvin.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Furnace
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Furnace in Fars Province, Iran is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.