The Bandian Fire Temple is an archaeological site near Dargaz in Razavi Khorasan Province near the medieval city of Abiward. The primary excavations were carried out to reveal precious remains of art and architecture of the pre-Islamic Iran, dating from the Sassanian period (224-651 AD) when the archaeological significance of Bandian was recognized.
Manjil City located in the Central District of Rudbar County, Gilan Province, known as the windy city of Iran; a reputation it owes to its geographical position in the Alborz mountains i.e., at a small cleft in Alborz that funnels the wind through Manjil ...
Haft Tappeh is 3km off the Ahvaz–Andimeshk Hwy, and 18km south of Shush. It's usually the first stop when heading to the more visually stimulating Choqa Zanbil.
Haft Tappeh Museum is a single storeyed building, which was inaugurated in the year ...
Zivieh Castle (Ziwiyeh Castle, The castle of Ziwiyeh Hills, Izirtu) is located 42km north east of Saqez in Kurdistan Province, and to the west of the Karaftoo Village and in an ancient region. It was just by chance discovered in 1947. Articles found ...
Shahr-e Gour (Firuzabad Ancient City) is located to the northwest of the present city of Firooz Abad in Fars Province. Firuzabad was known as Ardashir-Khwarrah city or Shahr-e Gour in the past. The town was later known as Gur (Jur in Arab texts).
Ardashir ...
Imamzadeh Yahya ibn-e Zeid (Emamzadeh Yahyebne Zeid) is located on the southwest side of Gonbad Kavus (Gonbad Kavoos). This was once the site of Jorjan, a city destroyed by barbarian sieges in the 13th and 15th centuries and now just a very minor archaeological ...
Kish Island (economic free zone) is located in the Persian Gulf waters, to the southwest of Bandar Abbas, and is an oval shaped island with an area of 89.7 sq. km. Once a private resort of the former Shah and his elite guests, Kish is the more luxurious ...
The Louvre on Monday hosted an international conference on Tapeh Sialk (“Sialk hills”), which is one of the oldest and richest archaeological sites in Kashan, central Iran.
Foreign visits to Hasanlu Hill (Teppe Hasanlu), a millennia-old archaeological site in northwest Iran, has been on the rise over the past couple of months, director of the historical site has said.
Part of an ancient skull belonging a Homo sapiens (modern humans), discovered in an archaeological site in western Iran, was unveiled in Lorestan Province on Friday.
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