Archaeological Site of Shush

SHUSH (Iran) THE PALACE OF DARIUS

The remains of the great palace and city of King Darius 1st, is famous for being the home of several Biblical persons such as Queen Esther, Daniel, Nehemiah and Darius. There is also an imposing French built 'castle' alongside.

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Iran Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat زيگورات چغازنبيل شوش استان خوزستان

August 19, 2014 (Persian calendar 1393/5/28)

Khuzestan Province (استان خوزستان)


Shush County (شهرستان شوش)


Susa city (شهر شوش)


Chogha-Zanbil Ziggurat Geo coordinate
32°0′30″N, 48°31′15″E

Chogha-Zanbil Ziggurat زيگورات چغازنبيل is a pyramidal structure located in an immense plateau near the city of Shush in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran.
It’s an ancient temple which was once one of the most sacred sites for the Elamites. The structure is in the form of an upside down basket and that’s why the locals used to call it Chogha Zanbil meaning a basket-shaped hill.

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Chogha Zanbil ziggurat [English]


Chogha Zanbil ziggurat [Persian]

Radiocarbon Dating the Fourth and Third Millennia BCE in Iran

Lessons Learned from the ARCANE Project

At the 2014 ASOR Annual Meeting, Cameron A. Petrie of the University of Cambridge presented his paper, Radiocarbon Dating the Fourth and Third Millennia BCE in Iran: Lessons Learned from the ARCANE Project, during the Archaeology of Iran I session.

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The Royal Rock Tombs at Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran

The Royal Rock Tombs at Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran
Naqsh-e Rostam or The Throne of Rustam is an ancient burial site for Persian Kings located 12 km northwest of Persepolis in Fars Province, Iran. There are four tombs carved in the cliffs in cross shapes, all lying about 10-20 meters above the ground. The tombs are said to be those of Darius II, Artaxerxes I, Darius I and Xerxes I. At the Naqsh-e Rostam site there are also some bas-reliefs carved in the rock representing war scenes and royal events. The Kaba-ye Zartosht tower is a cubical structure thought to be either a royal tomb, a calendar or a treasury.
The oldest relief at Naqsh-e Rustam dates to c. 1000 BC. Though it is severely damaged, it depicts a faint image of a man with unusual head-gear and is thought to be Elamite in origin. The depiction is part of a larger mural, most of which was removed at the command of Bahram II. The man with the unusual cap gives the site its name, Naqsh-e Rostam, Rostam Inscription, because the relief was locally believed to be a depiction of the mythical hero Rostam.

The tombs are known locally as the 'Persian crosses', after the shape of the facades of the tombs. The entrance to each tomb is at the center of each cross, which opens onto to a small chamber, where the king lay in a sarcophagus. The horizontal beam of each of the tomb's facades is believed to be a replica of the entrance of the palace at Persepolis.

One of the tombs is explicitly identified by an accompanying inscription as the tomb of Darius I the Great (c. 522-486 BC). The other three tombs are believed to be those of Xerxes I (c. 486-465 BC), Artaxerxes I (c. 465-424 BC), and Darius II (c. 423-404 BC) respectively. A fifth unfinished one might be that of Artaxerxes III, who reigned at the longest two years, but is more likely that of Darius III (c. 336-330 BC), last of the Achaemenid dynasts. The tombs were looted following the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire by Alexander the Great.
Kab'eh-ye Zardusht, or the Cube of Zoroaster, is a mysterious structure below the rock-cut tombs in the cliff face. Although steps lead up to a hollow chamber, the windows are solid rock. It is known as the cube of Zoroaster because it may have been a Zoroastrian fire temple. It may also have been a tomb: but if it was a tomb why isn't it like the others at the site.

In 1923, the German archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld made casts of the inscriptions on the tomb of Darius I. Since 1946, these casts have been held in the archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC. Naqsh-e Rustam was excavated for several seasons between 1936 and 1939 by a team from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, led by Erich Schmidt.
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Ruins of Persepolis, capital of Persian Empire, Iran

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, being situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. These ruins are an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

There can be seen The Gate of All Nations or Gate of Xerxes palace. Darius I built the greatest palace at Persepolis on the western side. This palace was called the Apadana. Next to the Apadana, second largest building of the Terrace and the final edifices, is the Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's Hall of Honor (also called the Hundred-Columns Palace).

Other palaces included the Tachara, which was built under Darius I and The Hadish Palace of Xerxes I. The Council Hall, the Tryplion Hall, the Palaces of D, G, H, storerooms, stables and quarters, the unfinished gateway and a few miscellaneous structures at Persepolis are located near the south-east corner of the terrace, at the foot of the mountain.

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ANCIENT CITY OF BISHAPUR - IRAN

A large ancient city built by Shapur 1st in 266 AD and sometimes know as 'Shapur's City', Now only in ruins.

The Ancient Pasargad, Iran

IRAN - Dur Untash Ziggurat of Susa

IRAN - The Wonderland
Dur Untash (Chogha Zanbil) Ziggurat (temple) is 3,250 years old and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

It is located south of Susa (Shoosh) in the Province of Khuzestan. The Elamite Empire ruled this area of Iran for over 2,000 years - over 1,500 years before the Persian Empire

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Alamut Castle in Iran

Alamut Castle was a mountain-top fortress built over 1000 years ago roughly 100 km northwest of present-day Tehran. Only a small portion of the castle is currently open for visitors, as archaeological work is ongoing, but the view from up top is still fantastic. Although little remains today, it was once a very secure fortress and the nearby countryside is filled with interesting geological formations.

If you’re interested in hiking, Alamut Castle and the surrounding area offers many breathtaking hiking routes.

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Susa

The modern Iranian town of Shush is located at the site of ancient Susa. Shush is the administrative capital of the Shush County of Iran's Khuzestan province. It had a population of 64,960 in 2005.
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Magnificent, very well preserved excavation of the Archaemenid Empire from 520 until 370 BC.

Museum Haft Tappeh

Museum Haft Tappeh

Museum Haft Tappeh berjarak 3 km dari jalan Ahvaz-Andimeshk dan 15 km di selatan Shush atau Susa di Provinsi Khuzestan, Republik Islam Iran. Museum ini merupakan salah satu situs arkeologi Iran yang paling penting.

Haft Tappeh (tujuh bukit) pertama kali digali oleh tim arkeologi Iran yang dipimpin oleh Dr. Ezzatollah Negahban. Situs ini pertama kali menarik perhatian menyusul ditemukannya dinding bata dan lemari besi ketika dilakukan proyek konstruksi.

Studi arkeologi awal menunjukkan bahwa situs tersebut adalah tempat penyimpanan tertua di dunia yang dibangun di atas kuburan penguasa Elam, Tapati Ahar. Dua lorong dan ruangan bawah tanah ditemukan di bagian utara situs bersama dengan ukiran batu dengan nama Tapati Ahar.

Bagian katakombe (sebuah ruangan atau jalan di bawah tanah yang biasanya digunakan untuk keperluan religius) menunjukkan bahwa ruangan ini dibangun untuk menampung banyak mayat. Sementara di ruangan yang agak kecil ditemukan benda-benda bernilai rendah. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa katakombe bukan merupakan struktur kerajaan tetapi milik orang biasa.

Penggalian situs tersebut juga menghasilkan sisa-sisa kota Elamit yang dulu memiliki beberapa ziggurat dan berbagai bangunan kerajaan, makam dan kuil.
Para arkeolog juga menemukan sisa-sisa dua serambi bertiang batu besar yang dikelilingi oleh sejumlah ruangan dan aula. Sebuah ruangan terletak di sebelah timur salah satu serambi bertiang, yang tampaknya merupakan tempat servis perhiasan. Sebagian besar benda yang ditemukan di dekat situs itu berasal dari era awal Elamit Tengah.

Struktur masif yang ditemukan di situs tersebut semuanya diperkirakan dibangun pada era yang sama. Inskripsi yang memuat nama Tapati Ahar telah meyakinkan beberapa ahli bahwa bangunan-bangunan itu dibuat pada masa pemerintahannya, namun tidak ada cukup bukti untuk memverifikasi waktu yang tepat saat ia berkuasa.

Museum Haft Tappeh, yang dibuka pada tahun 1974, menampung sekitar 1550 petroglif (gambar yang dibuat dengan membuang bagian permukaan batu dengan mengukir). Penggalian yang dilakukan Negahban menghasilkan sejumlah besar petroglif yang membawa prasasti runcing di Akkadia, milik raja Elamit. Petroglif berisi informasi tentang keyakinan agama, metode perdagangan dan hubungan politik, budaya dan sosial di masa itu.

Satu prasasti yang ditemukan di Haft Tappeh memuat cetakan segel milik Athibu, yang ditunjuk oleh Tapati Ahar sebagai walikota kota kuno Kabnak. Segel lain, yang ditemukan di situs itu, memakai nama dewa, Insusinak sar ilani. Para arkeolog juga menemukan berbagai bentuk pemakaman, termasuk pemakaman guci, pemakaman berkelompok, makam kerajaan dan mayat yang dikubur dalam peti mati dari tanah liat.

Guci, cangkir, dan mangkuk polos dan bermotif yang ditemukan di situs ini sebagian besar berwarna-warni dengan motif yang memiliki desain geometris.
Patung-patung hewan dan manusia serta benda-benda perunggu seperti belati, panah, kapak, jarum, kancing, paku, kait, pahat telah ditemukan di lokasi tersebut.

Lukisan-lukisan dinding yang ditemukan di Haft Tappeh adalah bentuk biru, merah, oranye, kuning, abu-abu, putih dan hitam bentuk geometris. Arkeolog juga menemukan banyak benda batu termasuk alat, batu mengukur, piring dan pisau.

Perhiasan yang ditemukan di situs ini termasuk kalung dan liontin bersama dengan tombol bundar dan persegi panjang yang terbuat dari tulang. Mosaik yang terbuat dari tulang, perunggu dan lazulite juga telah ditemukan, di mena memiliki pola geometris. (RA)

Susa

City of Susa with 5/6 square kilometers and 115 kilometers northwest of Iran between 32 degrees north latitude and V47 ° C and 1 minute and 2 minutes east of the Greenwich meridian. Shush height of 87 meters above sea level and 479 km from Tehran gap. Ground distance of 766 km from Susa to Tehran, Iran, 115 kilometers up to 38 kilometers Andimesh Branch 24 and up. Around 1329 AD. Became the center section.

Iran Bishapur Sasanid Persia ancient city بيشاپور شهر باستاني ساساني ايران

November 9, 2017 (Persian calendar 1396/8/18)

Bishapur Sasanid Persia ancient city (شهر باستاني بيشاپور) Geo coordinate
29°46′40″N, 51°34′15″E

Fars province (استان فارس)


Kazeroun county (شهرستان كازرون)


Bishapur (Middle Persian: Bay-Šāpūr; Persian: بیشاپور‎‎, Bishâpûr) was an ancient city in Sasanid Persia (modern Iran) on the ancient road between Persis and Elam.

The road linked the Sassanid capitals Estakhr استخر (very close to Persepolis) and Ctesiphon. It is located south of modern Faliyan in the Kazerun County شهرستان كازرون of Pars Province استان پارس, Iran.

Bishapur was built near a river crossing and at the same site there is also a fort with rock-cut reservoirs and a river valley with six Sassanid rock reliefs.

The most important point about this city, is combination of Persian and Roman art and architectures that we can't see it before Bishapur construction. Before Bishapour built, Almost all main city in Persia/Iran had circular shape like old city in Firuzabad فيروزآباد or Darab داراب.

Bishapour is the first city with vertical and horizontal streets also in the city specially in interior design we can see tile work that's adapted from Roman Art.

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Ardeshir e Babakan palace , Shiraz , Iran .

This beautiful palace was built by king ardeshir e Babakan , the originator of sasanian empire of Iran .

Iran ancient and historical sites in Shiraz

Iran - Persepolis Excavation

The Excavation of Persepolis is one of the cultural highlights of Iran. Persepolis is located close to Shiraz in Iran.

It was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BC). The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BC. UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.

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Persepolis is located close to Shiraz in Iran.

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