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"For over 8,000 years, the ancient Silk Tepe has borne witness to the birth and evolution of human civilization. This site offers a unique journey through time, showcasing the gradual progression of human society from simple dwellings made of reeds and wood to complex cities engaged in trade.

A visit to Silk Tepe is like stepping back in time. Visitors can marvel at artifacts that tell the story of ancient civilizations, including pottery shards, jewelry, spinning wheels, metal tools, hand-made bricks, pottery wheels, and most importantly, the ziggurat (a temple tower).

Exploring this historical site and its artifacts from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Urban, Iron Age, and Median periods, one can't help but wonder how such magnificent structures were built with the limited technology of the time.

For millennia, Silk Tepe has guarded the secrets of human history, attracting countless visitors eager to connect with a distant past. As one of the world's oldest ziggurats, it was once a sacred site for worship. Ironically, this lost civilization was rediscovered a century ago after being unearthed by a flood and targeted by looters.

Opportunists took advantage of the situation, plundering the site and selling artifacts on the black market. Fortunately, French archaeologist Roman Ghirshman recognized the significance of this discovery and organized a French archaeological mission to save the site.

Ghirshman and his team conducted extensive excavations in 1933 and 1936, publishing their findings in two volumes titled "Silk of Kashan." Unfortunately, after the French excavations, the site was neglected and faced the threat of complete destruction. In 2000, a new chapter began when an Iranian archaeological team led by Dr. Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi undertook a five-year excavation.

The best time to visit Silk Tepe is from early April to late May. Due to its proximity to the central Iranian desert, the region experiences hot, arid summers and cold winters."

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"Sialk Hills is one of the first places that humankind has been selected to live back to 8000 years ago. This site so amazing and also thete is a little museum at the beginning of site. It would be exciting for torists and visitors."

saeed jafar

"The Sialk ziggurat was built around the 3000 BC. A joint study between Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization, the Louvre, and the Institut Francais de Recherche en Iran also verifies the oldest settlements in Sialk to date back to 5500–6000 BC.[
Sialk, and the entire area around it, is thought to have originated as a result of the pristine large water sources nearby that still run today. The Cheshmeh ye Soleiman ("Solomon's Spring") has been bringing water to this area from nearby mountains for thousands of years. The Fin garden, built in its present form in the 17th century, is a popular tourist attraction. It is here that the kings of the Safavid dynasty would spend their vacations away from their capital cities. It is also here that Piruz Nahavandi (Abu-Lu'lu'ah), the Persian assassin of Caliph Umar, is buried. All these remains are located in the same location where Sialk is.
Tepe Sialk was excavated for three seasons (1933, 1934, and 1937) by a team headed by Roman Ghirshman and his wife Tania Ghirshman.[4][5][6] Studies related to the site were conducted by D.E. McCown, Y. Majidzadeh, and P. Amieh. Excavation was resumed for several seasons between 1999 and 2004 by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization led by Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi called the Sialk Reconsideration Project.
Artifacts from the original dig ended up mostly at the Louvre, while some can be found at the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the National Museum of Iran and in the hands of private collectors.
These artifacts consisted of some very fine painted potteries."

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