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🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex

Estakhr — Fire Temple North Platform (Fars)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture

Estakhr — Fire Temple North Platform (Fars) in Fars, Estakhr, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-period…