Shahr-e Sokhteh" is those kinds of places that hold the mystery of ancient civilizations and the story of mankind. Located in the remote lands of Sistan and Baluchistan province, on the road between Zabol and Zahedan, the ancient majestic city is now stripped away by the winds, in the silence of the waterless lands.

Here lie more than 5000 years of civilization, on the largest and richest Bronze Age site in Iran. Remains buried in the soil of this dry landscape narrate the story of the birth of an independent civilization and one of the first complex societies in the region. The site, which spreads over 151 hectares, was one of the world's largest cities  centuries ago. The mudbrick city, with its ochre and frail alleys, is divided into several parts with a residential area that reached more than 80 hectares at the culmination of this civilization. Back then, the powerful city would reign over not less than 300 villages around.