Temukan, also known as Tamouken, or Toukeh, Taokè as called by Greeks, is an ancient city 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 ...
, dating back to the
Achaemenid
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...
era. It was discovered by archaeologists in April 2005 while conducting excavations at
Borazjan
Borazjan ( fa, برازجان; also Romanized as Borāzjān ; also known as Borazdjan and Borāzjūn) is a city in the Central District of Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran, and serves as capital of the county. At the 2006 census, its ...
in the
Dashtestan
Dashtestan County ( fa, شهرستان دشتستان) is located in Bushehr province, Iran. The capital of the county is Borazjan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 222,226, in 47,773 households. Retrieved 6 November 2022 At the ...
county of the southern Iranian province of
Bushehr
Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antioc ...
.
Temukan hosts the
Bardak-e Siyah Palace. Archaeologists had thought that the site was part of
Tawwaj Tawwaj, Tawwaz or Tavvaz (Middle Persian: ; New Persian: ) was a medieval city in Fars (Pars) in modern Iran, located southwest of Shiraz.
Description
Tawwaj was located on or close to the Shapur River in the region of Fars, about from the Per ...
, however, other discoveries in the region, made in 2004 and 2005, indicate that Tawwaj is actually several kilometers away from the site.
Archaeological sites in Iran
Former populated places in Iran
Buildings and structures in Bushehr Province
Historical geography of Fars
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