🇮🇷 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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Dun Great
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Dun Great in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Ghar-e Boof
Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic (c.80,000–15,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian → Zarzian
Dasht-e Boof Palaeolithic shelter 2 m (80–15 ka, Neanderthal parietal, Zarzian microliths) at 1350 m.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock art
Kurangun
Elamite (c.2000–1000 BCE; peak Middle Elamite c.1500) · Elamite (Kurangun shrine of Inshushinak)
Kurangun is a massive Elamite open-air rock-cut shrine (20×7 m) on Mamasani cliff with 15 divine figures in low relief — gods enthroned, worshippers and fish-go...
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tal-e Atashi
Late 5th millennium BCE · Kerman Chalcolithic
Late 5th millennium BCE Kerman Chalcolithic tell at Kerman Province, Bam plain – chalcolithic village near bam with mudbrick houses (dims Mound 3 ha, 6 m Chalcolithic).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Ancient City of Kara Kistvaen
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Ancient City of Kara Kistvaen in Fars Province, Iran is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Kunji Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.70,000–30,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian
Lorestan cave 8 m deposits (70–30 ka, Mousterian→Baradostian, Neanderthal→UP) near Khorramabad.