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Tureng Tepe

Gorgan County, Iran

Tureng Tepe (lit. 'Hill of the Pheasants', alternatively spelled in English as Turang Tappe/Tape/Tappa/Tappeh) is a Neolithic and Chalcolithic archaeological site in northeastern Iran, in the Gorgan plain, approximately 17 kilometers northeast of the town of Gorgan. Nearby is a village of Turang Tappeh. The site was a major fort on the Sasanian era "Alexander’s wall" (see: Great Wall of Gorgan).

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other archaeological sites in Iran