List of archaeological sites in Iran

Bronze flag, Shahdad Kerman, Iran, 3rd millennium BC

Some of the prehistoric archaeological sites of Iran are listed below:

• Paleolithic
  • Hotu and Kamarband Caves
  • Darband Cave
  • Qal'eh Bozi
  • Do-Ashkaft Cave
  • Warwasi
  • Bisitun Cave
  • Kashafrud
  • Kani Sib

• Neolithic
  • Tappeh Sialk
  • Ganj Dareh
  • Ali Kosh
  • Hajji Firuz Tepe

• Jiroft culture (3rd millennium BC)
  • Konar Sandal
  • Shahdad
  • Shahr-e Sukhteh

• Lullubi culture (3rd to 2nd millennia BC)
  • Sarpol-e Zahab

• Elam (3rd to 2nd millennia BC)
  • Anshan
  • Chogha Zanbil
  • Godin Tepe
  • Haft Tepe
  • Susa
  • Khorramabad

• Assyria
  • Tappeh Hasanlu

• Median to Achaemenid period
  • Ecbatana
  • Persepolis
  • Behistun
  • Rey, Iran
  • Pasargadae
  • Temukan
  • Bābā Jān Tepe
  • Marlik
  • Qaleh Kesh

• Sassanid period
  • Takht-e Soleymān
  • Kohneh Lahijan
  • Istakhr
  • Great Wall of Gorgan
  • Qal'eh Dokhtar
  • Qumis, Iran

See also

• List of archaeological sites sorted by country
• History of Iran
• Rock art in Iran

External links

• nationalgeographic web.archive.org