Shahr-e Sukhteh, c. 3550–2300 BC, also spelled as Shahr-e Sūkhté and Shahr-i Sōkhta, is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement, associated with the Helmand culture. It is located in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, the southeastern part of Iran, on the bank of the Helmand River, near the Zahedan-Zabol road. It was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in June 2014.
Shahr-e Sukhteh
Plaque identifying Shahr-e Sukhteh registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Proto-Elamite Tablets from Shahr-i Sokhta
Entrance to the Burnt City
The Helmand culture, c. 3300–2350 BCE, is a Bronze Age culture that flourished mainly in the middle and lower valley of the Helmand River, in southern Afghanistan and eastern Iran, predominantly in the third millennium BCE.
Pottery vessel from Shahr-e Sukhteh