Anshan Persia

Anshan modern Tall-e Malyan, also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city. It was located in the Zagros Mountains in southwestern Iran, approximately 46 kilometres north of Shiraz and 43 kilometres west of Persepolis in the Beyza/Ramjerd plain, in the province of Fars.
  • Location: Fars Province, Iran
  • Alternative name: Anshan
  • Founded: 4th millennium BC
  • Periods: Bronze Age, Iron Age
  • Excavation dates: 1968–1978, 1999, 2000
  • Archaeologists: William Sumner, Kamyar Abdi
  • Condition: Ruined
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