Sorkh Deh Chamber Tomb

Sorkh Deh chamber tomb is a

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. Thes ...

type grave located in Kermanshah Province in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. ''Sorkh Deh'' in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

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. Archaeological sites in Iran Buildings and structures in Kermanshah Province {{Iran-struct-stub