Sorkh Deh chamber tomb
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Sorkh Deh chamber tomb is a Shaft and chamber tomb
type grave located in Kermanshah Province
in Iran
. Sorkh Deh in Persian
means Red Village. The grave probably dates back 2500 years. Sorkh Deh chamber tomb is located 19 kilometers from another series of historically important chamber tombs of Es-hagh Vand
, between Shams Abad and Sorkh Deh villages at the left bank of Gamasiab river. Some historians think this tomb belongs to Smerdis of Persia
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Iran°N date=July 2009°W
Shaft and chamber tomb
A Shaft and chamber tomb is a type of chamber tomb used by some ancient peoples for burial of the dead. They consist of a shaft dug into the outcrops of rock with a square or round chamber excavated at the bottom where the dead were placed....
type grave located in Kermanshah Province
Kermanshah Province
Kermanshah Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran.-Counties:...
in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. Sorkh Deh in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
means Red Village. The grave probably dates back 2500 years. Sorkh Deh chamber tomb is located 19 kilometers from another series of historically important chamber tombs of Es-hagh Vand
Essaqwand Rock Tombs
The Essaqwand Rock Tombs are three rock-hewn tombs located 25 km southwest of Harsin in Kermanshah Province, Iran. On top of the middle tomb there is the bas-relief of a man with his profile toward the viewers. He is holding his hands in prayers in front of him. There is also a torch and a...
, between Shams Abad and Sorkh Deh villages at the left bank of Gamasiab river. Some historians think this tomb belongs to Smerdis of Persia
Smerdis of Persia
Bardiya was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life, he may have ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or he may have been impersonated by a magus called Gaumata. -Name and sources:The...
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Iran°N date=July 2009°W