<< Our Photo Pages >> Marabin Fire Temple - Ancient Temple in Iran
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Multi-periodSite Name: Marabin Fire Temple Alternative Name: Atash Gah, Atash KadahCountry: Iran
NOTE: This site is 122.873 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Isfahan Nearest Village: Isfahan
Latitude: 32.648080N Longitude: 51.570340E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The prophet of Zoroastrianism is Zoroaster, or Zarathustra, who most scholars say lived around 1000BC. However I have seen elsewhere the date of 6000BC claimed. Fire was sacred to the Zoroastrians hence their fire temples.
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