chogha Zanbil

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  • Tchogha Zanbil, Iran’s first UNESCO World Heritage site 2026-07-11 17:24

    Tchogha Zanbil, Iran’s first UNESCO World Heritage site

    TEHRAN - Situated about 40 km southeast of UNESCO-listed Susa, Tchogha Zanbil preserves the remains of Dur-Untash, a religious city founded in the 13th century BC by the Elamite king Untash-Napirisha. At its center stands a monumental ziggurat that is regarded as one of the best-preserved examples of its kind in the world.

  • Then-director of the Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage site speaks with a Tehran Times correspondent at the UNESCO-listed site on December 25, 2025. 2026-01-18 17:00

    By Afshin Majlesi

    At Tchogha Zanbil, a living monument to Elamite faith and engineering

    On a serene plain in southwestern Iran, the stepped ziggurat of Tchogha Zanbil has stood for more than 3,500 years, making it the best-preserved ziggurat outside Mesopotamia and one of the rare surviving monuments of the Elamite civilization.