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Wikipedia - Shahr-i Sokhta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_city
Encyclopedic entry for Shahr-e Sukhteh or Shahr-i Sokhta(literally Burnt City), a Bronze Age urban settlement in the southeast of Iran. |
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Human Sacrifice Was Common in Burnt City - http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1220.html
From Iran News, 5000-year-old burnt city, in eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, sacrificing human beings was a common practice in ancient times. |
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World's Oldest Backgammon Discovered In Burnt City - http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1029.html
From Iran News, Iranian archeologists working on the relics of the 5,000-year-old civilization argue this backgammon is much older than the one already discovered in Mesopotamia and their evidence is strong enough to claim the board game was first played in the Burnt City and then transferred to other civilizations. |
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Macrocephaly Traced in Burnt City - http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_6351.shtml
From the Persian Journal, the latest excavations in the archaeological site of Burnt City, in Sistan-Baluchistan has led to the discovery of a five-thousand-year old female skeleton which shows traces of macrocephaly. |
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First Animation of the World Found In Burnt City - http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/2/5191
From the Persian Journal, an animated piece on an earthen goblet that belongs to 5000 years ago was found in Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan province. |