🇮🇷 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 · Temple complex
Jameh Mosque of Qerveh
mosque in Abhar County, Iranian national heritage site
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Do-Ashkaft Cave
The Do-Ashkaft Cave, being a Middle Paleolithic cave site, is located north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan, Iran about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) above sea level.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Dekhmeh Rawansar
Dekhmeye Rawansar or Koshk (Persian: دخمه روانسر) is a rock-cut tomb located near the town of Ravansar, about 57 km northwest of Kermanshah in western 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 · 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 · Archaeological wonder
Ganj Par
Ganj Par (Persian: گنج پر) is a Lower Paleolithic site located in the Gilan province in northern Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Kelar Mound
Kelar Mound or Kelar Tappeh is a Neolithic archaeological site in Mazandaran Province, Iran. It lies on the Kelardasht plain in the Alborz Mountains.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Chia Jani
Chia Jani is an archaeological site in Iran's Kermanshah Province. It is located near the village of Palang Gerd, on the Qouchemi stream, which flows to the Ravand River about 3 km (1.9 mi) south, in…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Barm-e Delak
Barm-e Delak (Persian: برمدلک), is a site of a Sasanian rock relief located about 10 km southeast of Shiraz, in the Fars province of Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Banesh
Banesh (Persian: بانش) is a village in Banesh Rural District of Banesh District, Beyza County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district. The village is 60 km north of Shiraz.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Qalaichi
important archaeological site for the Iron Age of north-western Iran
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Mithra Temple of Maragheh
grotto in Maragheh County, Iranian national heritage site
🇮🇷 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 · 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
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 · Archaeological wonder
Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var
The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var is carved on the flanks of the Zinanah Mt. in the Tang-i Var pass in Hawraman, Iranian Kurdistan, about 50 km southwest of Sanandaj.