🇮🇷 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 · 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
Anshan (Persia)
Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭 Anzan; Sumerian: 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠 Ansanᴷᴵ, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠 Anšanᴷᴵ) modern Tall-e Malyan (Persian: تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city.
🇮🇷 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 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 · Ancient city
Darreh Shahr Ancient City
Darreh Shahr Ancient City, also known as Madaktu and Seymareh, is the name of a 200 hectares (490 acres) ruined area next to the existing city of Darreh Shahr in southwest Iran, in Ilam Province.
🇮🇷 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 · Ancient city
Geoy Tepe
Geoy Tepe (also Gök Tepe) is an archaeological site in northwestern Iran, about 7 kilometers south of Urmia (Reżāʾīya), Gug Tappeh.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City
Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) · Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana)
Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bābā Jān Tepe
Bābā Jān Tepe (Tappa), an archeological site in north-eastern Lorestan province (34° north latitude, 47° 56' east longitude), on the southern edge of the Delfān plain at approximately 10 km from…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Ecbatana
Ecbatana () was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires.
🇮🇷 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).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Edfu Pyramid South — Khuzestan — edfu-pyramid
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahdad — Kerman Bronze Age Oasis
Early Bronze Age Jiroft–Shahdad (3000–2000 BCE) · Jiroft culture (Halil Rud)
Shahdad — Kerman Bronze Age Oasis in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age Jiroft–Shahdad (3000–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Jiroft culture (Halil Rud).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-i Sokhta — Burnt Palace East Wing
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Shahr-i Sokhta — Burnt Palace East Wing in Sistan and Baluchestan, Zabol, Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city …
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge
Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) · Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III)
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III).
🇮🇷 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 · Ancient city
Chogha Zanbil Drained? Actually Haft Tepe — Kabnak Elamite City
Middle Elamite (1500–1100 BCE) Kabnak · Elamite (Tepti-Ahar)
Chogha Zanbil Drained? Actually Haft Tepe — Kabnak Elamite City in Khuzestan Province, Iran is a Middle Elamite (1500–1100 BCE) Kabnak ancient-city attributed to Elamite (Tepti-Ahar).
🇮🇷 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 · Ancient city
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat
Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) · Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis)
Konar Sandal South — Jiroft Ziggurat in Kerman Province, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (2500–2100 BCE) Jiroft (Aratta?) ancient-city attributed to Halil Rud / Jiroft (Marhashi–Aratta hypothesis).
🇮🇷 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 · 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 · Ancient city
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex
Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) · Helmand Culture
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex in Sistan, Zabul, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Helmand Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Eastern Outlier
Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) · Helmand Culture
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sistan, Zabul, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Helmand Culture.