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🌀 Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley: Ghamari Cave

Archaeology & Antiquity Iran Asia

🌀 Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley: Ghamari Cave
Paleolithic cave site in the Zagros Mountains with occupation evidence spanning 100,000 years


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 16:21

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Khorramabad Valley, Lorestan Province, western Iran
  • Occupational sequence: Over 100,000 years of human habitation
  • Primary evidence: Stone tools, hearths, faunal remains, burnt bone
  • UNESCO inscription: 2021

Ghamari Cave is a Paleolithic archaeological site in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran that contains stratified evidence ...

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