Narratives say that people in Kashan called this mysterious area of the city “The Cursed City" and no one dared to approach this terrifying location before a severe flood that led to the discovery of ...

Sialk is one of four ziggurats built by the Elamite civilization. The other three are: Choqa Zanbil (1,250 BCE), Susa ziggurat (1,800 BCE), and Haft Teppeh (1,375 BCE), all in Khuzestan.

TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) -- Iranian archaeologists plan to unearth northwestern corner of the second platform of Sialk Ziggurat to bring to light quality of architecture in the Iron Age, head of the ...

Sialk Tepe, believed to be the world’s oldest ziggurat, consists of two mounds known as northern and southern Sialk, which are located about 600 meters apart. The artifacts unearthed in the northern ...

Previous excavation seasons in Sialk Tepe led to new discoveries about this pre-historic site. A massive earthen ziggurat, some large clay jars, the skeletons of a man and a girl who were most ...