Sialk hills

Sialk Hills is the first urban civilization in the central part of Iran, where including the oldest handmade clay, Painted pottery, and Sialk Ziggurat.

About 80 years ago an urban civilization was appeared by flooding in Agriculture farms in Kashan. Sialk Hills is a large ancient archeological site which is located in the suburb of Kashan, Isfahan province. Some written documents were found at this site that Belongs to the Achaemenid Empire.

Sialk Hills is actually a Ziggurat (a Religious place of worship which was created by Elamite civilization) with 3 floors which is made of clay and pottery. The Ziggurat was constructed pyramid-shaped for the major cities of Mesopotamia.

 Every generation buried their ancestors in a basement without bricks, the corpses buried in the squatting mood with their ornamental objects.

• Different part of Sialk hills

  Sialk Hills contains two northern and southern hills with a distance of 600 meters from each other and two cemeteries. One of two cemeteries is 3500 years old which is located in 200 meters south of the southern hill. The other one is 3000 years old which is located under agriculture farms on the western side of hills.

• Sialk Hills Discovery

  It belongs to 7000 years ago, walking on a 7000-year-old village is something spectacular.
   
  • Some Human skeleton and ancient containers were found in this site which are protected in the Louvre Museum, National Museum of Iran and the museum located in Fin Garden and Sialk hills site.
    These antique containers including chalices, cups, spouted jars, and other vessels depict fine paintings of sun, humans, and animals.
     
  • The spectacular attractions around the site are the small parts of broken pottery which belong thousand years ago.
  • Discovery Spinning and Knitting duct show the skill of Spinning and Knitting industry in a thousand years ago. Moreover, discovery melting furnaces on the southern side of the site, Sialk hills can be considered as one of the most industrialized cities of that era.
     

• What is the best time to go?

  It is better to know some information about visiting time and the payment of it.
   
  • Visiting the Sialk hills for foreign visitors costs 150,000 IRR.
  • During spring and summer you can visit the Sialk hills from 9:00 AM until 6:30 PM.
  • During Autumn and Winter you can visit the Sialk hills from 9:00 AM until 4:30 PM.

• Getting there:

Sialk hills are located near the road that connects Kashan to Fin, near Dizicheh village, about four kilometers south of Kashan. You will reach there via private car or a taxi. Also it is better to know that the northern hill is not accessible.