Sialk

Isfahan Province · Iran

Sialk, Iran
Photo: Zereshk, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring and autumn
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limited
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An ancient mound near Kashan holding one of the oldest ziggurats and settlement layers reaching deep into prehistory. Its terraced brick structure predates many better-known Mesopotamian ones.

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