🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chakhmaqlu Tepe
Chalcolithic (4500–3500 BCE) · NE Iran Chalcolithic
Chalcolithic (4500–3500 BCE) tell of NE Iran Chalcolithic in North Khorasan, Jajarm (c.4500 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Choga Gan Mah? Ancient Terrace North (Iran)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Choga Gan Mah? Ancient Terrace North (Iran) in Kermanshah, Choga Gan Mah North, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old K…
🇮🇷 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 …
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch — Ancillary Shaft North (Yazd, Iran)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Qanat-e Zarch — Ancillary Shaft North (Yazd, Iran) in Yazd, Zarch, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic …
🇮🇷 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 · 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 · Archaeological wonder
Amol
Amol (Persian: آمل [ɒˈmol]; ) is a city in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Hamun Lake
Lake Hāmūn (Persian: دریاچه هامون, Daryāche-ye Hāmūn; Pashto: هامون ډنډ), or the Hamoun Oasis, is a seasonal lake and wetlands in the endorheic Sīstān Basin in the Sistan region on the…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Jameh Mosque of Borujerd
The Jāmeh Mosque of Borujerd (Persian: مسجد جامع بروجرد, romanized: Masjid-e-Jāmeh Borujerd) is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (Jāmeh) in Borujerd, Lorestan province, western Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Jameh Mosque of Fahraj
The Jāmeh Mosque of Fahraj (Persian: مسجد جامع فهرج, romanized: Masjed-e Jomeh, Fahraj ) is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (jāmeh) located in Fahraj, Yazd province, Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch – Longest Qanat in Iran
Achaemenid to present (2,500 years continuous) · Persian qanat engineers (Achaemenid, Sassanian, Safavid)
71-km Zarch qanat—longest gravity aquifer tunnel on Earth (500 BCE–Safavid).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Mu on Ardabil Plain – Iranian Mu Pseudo-Atlantis Alternative
Churchward 1926 Mu Pacific; 2015 Ardabil plain pseudo forum 'Mughan Mu concentric' · Pseudo sunken plain – Ardabil plain as Mu Motherland capital plain
Mu on Ardabil (Mughan) Plain – pseudoarchaeological relocation of James Churchward's Pacific Mu continent (1926) to Iran's Ardabil–Mughan alluvial plain (38°15′N 48°21′E), claiming the 100×80 km…
🇮🇷 Iran · Megalith
Kharg Island
Kharg Island (Persian: جزیره خارگ, Persian pronunciation: [xɒːrɡ]), also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Barsian mosque and minaret
The Barsian mosque and minaret comprise a Shi'ite Friday mosque, also known as the Jameh Mosque of Bersian (Persian: مناره و مسجد جامع برسیان; Arabic: المئذنة والجامع برسيان), and 34-metre-high (112…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Darband Cave
Darband Cave is a Lower Paleolithic site in the Gilan Province in northern Iran, located on the north side of a deep tributary canyon of the Siahrud River, a tributary of the Sefīd-Rūd River that…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Farhād Tarāsh
The Farhād Tarāsh (Persian: فرهاد تراش), or Tarāsh-e Farhād, is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Hafshuye Mosque
The Hafshuye Mosque (Persian: مسجد جامع هفت شویه), also known as the Jameh Mosque of Haftshuyeh, is a former Shi'ite Friday mosque, in a ruinous condition, located in Haftshuyeh, in the province of…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Qadamgah (ancient site)
Achaemenid Empire · Greater Iran
rock-cut monument in Fars, Iran
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Istakhr
Istakhr (Middle Persian romanized: Stakhr, Persian: استخر, romanized: Estakhr) was an ancient city in Fars province, 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Persepolis in southwestern Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bandian complex
The Bandian Fire Temple (Persian: محوطه باستانی بندیان) is an archaeological site in Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, near the medieval city Abiward.
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Great Wall of Gorgan
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, at the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Coronation of Ardashir II
The Coronation of Ardashir II is a rock relief that was carved between 379 and 383 by Ardashir II, the eleventh king of kings (shahanshah) of the Sasanian Empire.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Amir Chakhmaq Complex
The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق, romanized: Majmūʿa Meydân Amir Čaqmaq) is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves.