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Shahr-e Yeri

Yeri city in Ardabil

Shahr-e Yeri (Yeri City) is an ancient site in Lahroud section of Ardabil province. This area contains 280 ancient raised stones that date back to 6,000 BC- the Late Bronze Age, Neolithic, Late Copper and Early Iron Ages. These raised stones with different heights ranging from 70 to 360 cm have mostly human shapes with hands and usually without mouth carved on the stones.

The 400-hectare area of Shahr-e Yeri in Ardabil is located 60 km west of Ardabil, 7 km northeast of Lahroud, 1 km north of Pirazmian village and next to Qarasu river. The area of Shahr-e Yeri consists of three parts: the temple, Ghoshatapeh and the peak. The area was first explored by a foreign archaeologist named Charles Bernie who introduced this area as "Arjagh Castle"in 1947. The next time the site was excavated, the four sections mentioned earlier were discovered, and further studies revealed new findings about the site and its history. Although the ancient site of "Shahr-e Yeri" was registered on the list of national monuments of the country in 2002 by the cultural heritage of the province, the petroglyphs or the rock-carved arts in the ancient Shahr-e Yeri have not received much attention despite their high historical value. Therefore, the raised stones of this place have gone through a lot of erosion and destruction; for instance, a tornado destroyed part of this area in 2011. So far only seven similar raised stones have been found in the Hakkari region of Turkish Kurdistan and one in the Qupuzistan of Azerbaijan.

Tags: Ardabil Attractions , Ardabil Province, Must-Visit Attractions in Iran, Shahr-e Yeri, Iran Historical Attractions, Iran Archeological Sites, Iran Ancient Sites

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