Marlik is an ancient site near Roudbar in Gilan, in northern Iran. Marlik, also known as Cheragh-Ali Tepe is located in the valley of Gohar Rud, a tributary of Sepid Rud in Gilan Province in Northern Iran, Marlik. Marlik is the site of a royal cemetery, and artifacts found at this site date back to 3,000 years ago. Some of the artifacts contain amazing workmanship with gold.
Marlik is named after the Amard people.
Golden Cup depicting Griffin and Pegasus. Excavated at Marlik, Gilan, Iran. First half of first millennium BC.
Golden necklace of three Swastikas found in Marlik, dates back to first millennium B.C.
Pattern of the Marlik Cup on the five hundred rial banknotes of the Pahlavi era.
Double-headed eagle cup, Louvre
Gilan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country. It lies along the Caspian Sea, in Iran's Region 3, west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, and north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin. It borders Azerbaijan in the north.
Rudkhan Castle
Iran forests, Gilan
Beaker, 1100–1000 BC, Marlik
Rudkhan Castle