Ancient Stepped Village

ancient-stepped-villageHawraman is a mountainous region located within the provinces of Kurdistan in western Iran and is best known for its unique arrangement of cities and villages built along the mountain slopes of the region. Some scholars believe that the name Hawraman or Huraman has strong connections to the ancient Zoroastrian faith and claim that the name may have originated from Ahuraman or Ahura Mazda. Ahura Mazda is the name of God in the ancient Indo-Iranian Avestan language.


 


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