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Sialk

The ancient mounds of Sialk are located at southwest of Kashan, just on the right side of Kashan - Fin road (Amir kabir street). Sialk consists of two northern and southern mounds, which are about 600 meters far from each other and nearby these sites, there are two cemeteries A and B.

The cemetery a dating back to 3500 years ago, and was located about 200 meters to the south of "southern Tepee ". Nowadays a new street crosses on the cemetery and hidden it. The cemetery B with antiquity of 3000 years old is located under the gardens and farm lands in the west side of Tepee. In the early 1933, some beautiful ceramic wares were appeared in Paris, which came from Sialk near Kashan.

The results of French and Iranian archaeological excavation:

The ancient Tepee Sialk has six cultural periods that consist as follow:

First and second period :These settlement periods were in northern mound of Sialk that is the oldest settlement , about seven years ago ,in Sialk.

Third period :Habitants of northern Tepee left their dwelling, about 6100 years ago, probably some of them settled in southern Tepee that is located in a distance of about 600 meters from northern Tepee.

Fourth period :The period began about 5000 years ago and continued about 4500 years ago. The most important cultural phenomenon, in this period is using primary writing.Dr. S. M. Shahmirzadi, director of Sialk reconsideration believed that mud brick structure in the surface of southern Tepee is the oldest known Ziggurats in Iran. He remarked it during his first investigation season. The mud brick structure was built beside of the main Sialk temple. He wrote in the fourth season report excavation as follows: Today the height of Sialk Ziggurat reaches to 15/94 meters. It has third floor platform, one landing at the south of first platform and one ascendant way. This way was shown to steps in Ziggurat new reconstruction.

Fifth period :This period began about 3200 years ago, and belongs to new immigrants in Sialk.

Sixth period:The period lasted during 2800- 2900 years ago in southern Tepee. It refers to peoples that buried their dead in cemetery B about 250 meters far from west of the Southern Tepee.

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