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Partially excavated tombs in Iran · Mysteria

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Partially excavated tombs in Iran

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🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid

Haft Tepe (Kabnak) Ziggurat — Elamite Royal Tomb Complex

Middle Elamite (Kabnak period) · Elamite

Middle Elamite ziggurat-tomb of King Tepti-Ahar c.1470 BCE at Haft Tepe (Kabnak) — 33 m platform with 354 m vaulted royal tomb and 400-tablet archive.

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🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city

Pasargadae

Achaemenid (559–530 BCE construction; occupied to Seleucid era) · Achaemenid Persian

Earliest Achaemenid capital built by Cyrus the Great (559–530 BCE) on victory site over Medes.