🇮🇷 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 · 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).
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Sang-e Chakhmaq
Neolithic–Transitional Chalcolithic (c.7500–4500 BCE) · Jeitun-related → Cheshmeh Ali (Northeast Iran Neolithic)
Shahroud two-mound Neolithic tell (c.7500–4500 BCE, West PPN timber, East painted, 1400 m) at Shahrud.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-i Sokhta — The Burnt City
Early Bronze Age Helmand–Jiroft horizon (c.3200–1800 BCE; variant 3200–2350 then eclipse) · Helmand/Sistan Bronze Age (Burnt City culture) — network with Shahr-i Sokhta, Mundigak, Indus
151 ha Burnt City between Sumer and Indus — animated goat bowl, artificial eye and 40,000 graves.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Köhne Shahar (Köhne Pasgah Tepesi)
Early Bronze (3500–2900 BCE) · Kura-Araxes Early Bronze
Early Bronze (3500–2900 BCE) ancient-city of Kura-Araxes Early Bronze in East Azerbaijan, Moghan (c.3350 BCE).
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Tepe Sialk
Neolithic to Iron Age II (c.6000–800 BCE; continuum sample) · Iranian Plateau local → Proto-Elamite → Old Elamite (?) → Iron Age Median-affinity
Iran's longest tell with two ziggurats — carbon-painted Sialk ware and Median horse burials.
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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).
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Tepe Sabz (Deh Luran)
Early Village – Archaic Susiana (6000–5000 BCE) · Deh Luran Early Village
Early Village – Archaic Susiana (6000–5000 BCE) tell of Deh Luran Early Village in Ilam Province, Deh Luran Plain (c.6000 BCE).
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Tepe Djowi (Deh Luran-Susiana)
Ubaid – Early Uruk (5000–3500 BCE) · Ubaid–Susa A Susiana
Ubaid – Early Uruk (5000–3500 BCE) tell of Ubaid–Susa A Susiana in Khuzestan Province, Susiana (c.5000 BCE).
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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.
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Tepe Arisman
Early Bronze (3000–2500 BCE) · Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV)
Early Bronze (3000–2500 BCE) tell of Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV) in Isfahan Province, Natanz (c.3000 BCE).
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Tall-i Bakun A
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) · Bakun A Chalcolithic
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) Bakun A Chalcolithic tell at Fars Province, Persepolis plain – proto-urban chalcolithic painted-pottery centre (dims Mound 2 ha, Bakun A workshops).
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Gargar Canal & Dam (Shushtar Darian Canal Head)
Sasanian (Shapur I–II) – UNESCO 1315 ensemble · Sasanian with Roman engineer captives
Sasanian Gargar diversion dam (210 m, 9 slots) feeding 47-km handmade canal watering Mianab plain.
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Chogha Bonut
Neolithic – Chalcolithic (7200–5000 BCE) · Archaic Susiana
Neolithic – Chalcolithic (7200–5000 BCE) tell of Archaic Susiana in Khuzestan Province, Susiana Plain (c.7200 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Eastern Outlier
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Eastern Outlier in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Southern Extension
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Southern Extension in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
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Dinkha Tepe
Late Bronze–Iron (1500–800 BCE) · Iron Age Hasanlu LBA
Late Bronze–Iron (1500–800 BCE) tell of Iron Age Hasanlu LBA in West Azerbaijan, Ushnu-Solduz (c.1500 BCE).
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Kordlar Tepe
Iron Age I–III (1500–600 BCE) · Iron Age Urmia
Iron Age I–III (1500–600 BCE) tell of Iron Age Urmia in West Azerbaijan, Lake Urmia SE (c.1300 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Kul Tepe (Jolfa, near Araxes)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I–II (5000–2800 BCE) · Dalma → Pisdeli → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian)
Araxes floodplain tell with Dalma–Kura-Araxes sequence linking Urmia to Transcaucasia.
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Pisdeli Tepe
Middle Chalcolithic (5000–4000 BCE) · Dalma–Pisdeli Chalcolithic
Middle Chalcolithic (5000–4000 BCE) tell of Dalma–Pisdeli Chalcolithic in West Azerbaijan, Urmia Plain (c.5000 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat of Gonabad
Achaemenid to Sassanian (~700 BCE – 300 CE) · Persian (Achaemenid, Sassanian)
Possibly the oldest and deepest qanat in Iran, the Qasabeh Qanat of Gonabad extends 33 km with a mother-well 300 m deep — the deepest vertical shaft ever hand-dug.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat of Zarch, Yazd
Achaemenid to present ~700 BCE–present · Persian (Median/Achaemenid onward)
71 km 2,115-shaft Zarch qanat - world's longest - still feeding Yazd after 3,000 years.
🇮🇷 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.
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Seh Gabi (Tepe Seh Gabi)
Middle–Late Chalcolithic (5000–3500 BCE) · Dalma–Godin Chalcolithic
Middle–Late Chalcolithic (5000–3500 BCE) tell of Dalma–Godin Chalcolithic in Kermanshah Province, Kangavar Valley (c.5000 BCE).