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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chogha Zanbil - Ancient Temple in Iran

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Tuesday, 21 September 2010  Page Views: 12290

Multi-periodSite Name: Chogha Zanbil
Country: Iran Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Shustar
Latitude: 32.008910N  Longitude: 48.521850E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Chogha Zanbil submitted by SolarMegalith : Chogha Zanbil ziggurat (photo taken on April 2007). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chogha Zanbil ziggurat is one of the finest archaeological monuments in Iran. It was build around 1250 year BC by Elamite king Untash-Napirisha as the ceremonial complex devoted to god Inshushinak. Its main part is a large ziggurat build on the place of the smaller temple.

Construction of Chogha Zanbil was abandoned after death of Untash-Napirisha, however the complex was still occupied. Chogha Zanbil is currently 25 m high (its original height is estimated for 50 m). The excavations were started in 1951 and revealed large number of clay tablets and both human and animal statuettes.
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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : The amazing remains of the immense ziggurat. April 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by SolarMegalith : Elamite ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil (1250 BC) - the finest preserved ziggurat in Iran (photo taken on April 2007). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : April 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : The south eastern gate of the Middle Wall. April 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : Approaching the site from the car park. April 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by SolarMegalith : General view of the complex (photo taken on April 2007).

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : The magnificent Chogha Zanbil ziggurat in SW Iran. April 2014.

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : One of the entrances to the steps up the ziggurat (the steps are not accessible to the public). April 2014

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : View across the fields to the ziggurat. April 2014.

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Chogha Zanbil submitted by DrewParsons : Cuneiform inscriptions on some of the bricks in the walls of the structure. April 2014.

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Coordinates for Choga Zanbil by DrewParsons on Friday, 31 January 2014
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I am just planning a trip to Choga Zanbil and noticed that the site coordinates were many km out so I have put the corrected one in today.
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    Re: Coordinates for Choga Zanbil by DrewParsons on Tuesday, 29 April 2014
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    Just back from visiting this top site. In April 2014 a revised tariff for entrance fees to archaeological and other tourists sites in Iran was introduced and is approximately five time the price for locals. However, even at the new prices the costs are low. They range from 100,000 to 150,000 Rials which equates to between NZ$3.50 and NZ$5 (US$3 - $4.50).
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Ruins of ancient Elamite city plundered in southwest Iran by bat400 on Wednesday, 27 June 2012
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Not Chogha Zanbil, but another ancient Elamite site, looted:

An expert of the Shushtar Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Office has said that the ruins of the ancient city of Dastvar in Khuzestan Province have been repeatedly looted by groups of invaders over the past few months.

“Only one man stands guard in Dastva,” the expert, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Persian service of CHN on Friday. “Groups of plunders have invaded the city repeatedly, tying the guard’s hands and feet, then calmly ransacking the ancient graves for artifacts,” he added.

“No one knows how many artifacts have been unearthed and looted from the graves by the marauders, but since a large part of the site has not been excavated by archaeologists, undoubtedly they have not left the site empty-handed,” he explained.

He said that no funds are allocated for safeguarding archaeological sites after excavations.

“It is my view that under such conditions, the archaeological excavations should be deemed harmful to the sites, because we do not have the necessary facilities to safeguard them,” he added.

“Many graves containing significant artifacts have been discovered during a number of archaeological excavations carried out in the site,” the expert stated.

Dastvar was part of Elymais, an ancient Parthian vassal state located east of the lower Tigris River and usually considered part of the larger district of Susiana. It incorporated much of the area of the biblical region of Elam, approximately equivalent to the modern region of Khuzestan.

The site was excavated for the first time in 1968 by a team of Iranian archaeologists led by Ali-Akbar Sarafraz. The site was excavated four more times by other archaeological teams in 1984, 1988, 1993 and 1998.

Finds included: Blue glazed pottery coffins, pottery coffins decorated with patterns of bunches of grapes and leaves from a grape vine, Busts of Anahiti, an ancient Iranian goddess of royalty, war and fertility, and Mithras, the god of light and truth.



Thanks to coldrum for the link: For more, see http://www.tehrantimes.com.
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