INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
pre-Iranian civilization dated from 2700 to 539 BC
back to the Sassanid epoch and is believed to be built on remnants of the Elamite capital, Madaktu.The first archeologist to visit Seymareh
He began an expedition to the site in 1836.Jaques de Morgan also visited this historical land in 1891 and introduced it as the same ancient
Then it was Aurel Stein who attempted to explore it in 1936, according to Visit Iran, the official travel guide of Iran.The archeological
findings show that the city included about 5,000 houses with some modern aspects like a water distribution system through clay pipes and
The city was destroyed and deserted after a huge earthquake around 950 BC.The remnants of the city were inscribed on the National Heritage
list in 1931.Darreh Shahr and its surrounding regions boast vestiges of Sassanid constructions such as arches, ceilings, alleys, and
is a land of hospitable people, wild extremes, and wilder history, and it may be an independent traveler's adventure playground
The region also witnessed the rise and fall of many great empires once bordering Mesopotamia, Ottoman Turkey, and Czarist Russia.From the
fecund Caspian coast to the stark, mountainous northern borders, and the crumbling desert ruins of the southern plains, the region hosts
everything from paddy fields to blizzards to Persian gardens.AFM
