17/08/2017
Tchogha zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran.It is approximately 30 km south-east of Susa and 80 km north of Ahvaz. TChogha zanbil was founded by the Elamite king Untash-Naprisha (1275-1240 BCE) as the religious center of Elam. The principal element of this complex is an enormous ziggurat dedicated to the Elamite divinities. It is the largest ziggurat outside of Mesopotamia and the best preserved of this type of stepped pyramidal monument. Ziggurat has square shape in five levels, and was crowned with a temple of Inshushinak. Mud brick was the basic material of the whole ensemble, a number of which bricks have cuneiform characters in the Elamite and Akkadian languages. Water supply to the Tchogha zanbil is one of the wonders of this temple. Dez river passes near the Tchogha zanbil, but because of height differences between the river and the plain it was not possible to use for inhabitant, so in order by Elamite king made a channel about 45 km lenght to displacement water from Karkheh river which was in the same level as plain to the Tchogha zanbil complex. The city remained unfinished after it was invaded by Ashurbanipal. The archaeological site of Tchogha zanbil ia an exceptional expression of the culture, beliefs, and ritual traditions of one the oldest indigenous peoples of Iran. Tchogha zanbil was registered in the national list of Iranian monuments on 26 January 1970.