Mount Khajeh

Kuh-e Khwaja (also cow -i Khwaja ) is an archaeological site in present-day Iran in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, about 30 km southwest of Zabol, on Hamun Lake.

The remains of the local facilities were of G. P. Tate discovered then examined by Aurel Stein. 1925 and 1929 worked here Ernst Herzfeld, who received a plan and parts of the architecture. Further investigation found in 1962 by Giorgio Gullini instead.

The ruins are located on a mountain. It is a citadel with a fire temple. The buildings are built of mud brick, two phases could be distinguished. Parts of the buildings were richly furnished with stucco and wall paintings, some of which are held in an almost classical Greek style. Other paintings, however, are executed in a rather oriental style, while there are also a mixed style.

The dating of Kuh-e Khwaja is not quite sure Herzfeld wanted to classify the first phase in the first century AD, under the Parthians. The second phase he saw as Sassanid. Today, both phases are classified into the Sassanid period.

Kuh-e Khwaja was probably a station on the southern Silk Road.

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• Archaeological sites in Iran
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