Ziwiye
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S.E. Kroll
Creators: S.E. Kroll
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 11, 2025 12:35 PM
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History
Ziwiye is the name of a modern village in northwestern Iran. It is associated with an archaeological site from the 7th century BCE that was looted in the mid-20th century and subsequently partially excavated in a more scientific manner. The site's ancient name is not known.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884230
36.2739521958, 46.6878962311
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of قلعه زیویه (Ziwiye Castle) (1000 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Ẕiwyah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- زیویه (Ẕiwyah: Modern Persian)
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findspot, place of finding, settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 90 B4 Ziwiye
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ziwiye
S.E. Kroll, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Ziwiye: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884230> [accessed: 04 April 2025]
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