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'''Quri Qale Cave''' is located at NW of Ravansar and is one the main tourist attractions of the region.Quri Qale is one of the longest caves in western Asia and is well known for its wealth of speleothems and its archaeological finds.For the first time the cave was explored in the 1950s which during that survey, the first 550m documented and lead to a 55m deeep shaft. Later an Iranian team opened its blocked bottom in 1989. The cave has three main chambers which called Namaz, Bolour and Aroos. Talare Bolour has calcite crystals and some stalactites. Talare Aroos is the most magnificent part of the cave and has a glittering crystals and four waterfalls. The cave also is famous for its colony of mouse ear bats that are very rare in this part of Zagros. Archaeologists have found a number of silver plates in this cave that are embellished with animal or monster figures and one presents even a Pahlavi inscription. These plates dates back to late Sassanian period. |
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'''Quri Qala Cave''' or '''QuraQala''' ([[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]]: Şikefta QureQela, ئەشکەوتی قوڕەقەڵا Persian: غار قوری قلعه) is a cave located northwest of [[Ravansar]], Iran, and is one of the longest caves in western Asia. First explored in the 1950s, in 1989 it was further opened by an Iranian team. It contains three main chambers, with [[calcite]] crystals, [[stalactite]]s and waterfalls. It is known for its colony of [[Mouse-eared bat]],<ref name="ISNA1">[http://www.en.isna.ir/xd3tPw Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA): ''Glorious Quri Qal-e Cave'', published on 7 August 2018]; visited on 30 June 2023.</ref> and for a number of archaeological finds, including silver vessels dating to the late [[Sassanian period]]. These silver vessels are related to the late Sasanian period and decorated with a hawk catching a bird, birds, lions and a phoenix, suggests that they were probably offered to a Mithra temple located in the cave. Sasanian and Arab-Tabarian coins have also been found in the cave. The cave might have been a Mithra temple occupied from the late Sasanian period until probably the second century Hijrah. |
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[[File:Quri Qaleh near Ravansar.jpg|thumb|center|Quri Qaleh near Ravansar]] |
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[[File:Rahmini Silver Vessels-Quri Qale.jpg|thumb|Late Sassanid Silver Vessels found at Quri Qale Cave near Ravansar, Iran]] |
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*[http://www.irancaves.com/fa/cavedetail.aspx?ID=401 |
*[http://www.irancaves.com/fa/cavedetail.aspx?ID=401 Caves of Iran, Quri Qale Cave] |
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*Akbarzadeh, D., T. Daryaee, and J. A. Lerner, 2001, Two Recently Discovered Inscribed Sasanian Silver Bowls, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, vol. 15, pp. 71–76 |
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*Alibaigi, S., Moradi Bisotuni, A., Rahimi, F., Khosravi, Sh., Alibaigi H (2017) The Late Sasanian Treasury of Qouri Qaleh Cave: Votive Offerings for a Mithra Temple in Kermanshah, Western Iran. Iran, 55 (2): 227–252. |
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*Rahimi, F., 2004 Technical Examination and Provenance Studies on Sasanian Silver Vessels from Quri Qaleh, In T. Stollner, R. Slotta, and A. Vatandoust (eds), Persian Antiques Splendor, mining crafts and archeology in ancient Iran, vol. I, pp. 456–460, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Bochum. |
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Latest revision as of 02:39, 14 June 2024
Quri Qala Cave or QuraQala (Kurdish: Şikefta QureQela, ئەشکەوتی قوڕەقەڵا Persian: غار قوری قلعه) is a cave located northwest of Ravansar, Iran, and is one of the longest caves in western Asia. First explored in the 1950s, in 1989 it was further opened by an Iranian team. It contains three main chambers, with calcite crystals, stalactites and waterfalls. It is known for its colony of Mouse-eared bat,[1] and for a number of archaeological finds, including silver vessels dating to the late Sassanian period. These silver vessels are related to the late Sasanian period and decorated with a hawk catching a bird, birds, lions and a phoenix, suggests that they were probably offered to a Mithra temple located in the cave. Sasanian and Arab-Tabarian coins have also been found in the cave. The cave might have been a Mithra temple occupied from the late Sasanian period until probably the second century Hijrah.
References
[edit]- ^ Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA): Glorious Quri Qal-e Cave, published on 7 August 2018; visited on 30 June 2023.
- Caves of Iran, Quri Qale Cave
- Akbarzadeh, D., T. Daryaee, and J. A. Lerner, 2001, Two Recently Discovered Inscribed Sasanian Silver Bowls, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, vol. 15, pp. 71–76
- Alibaigi, S., Moradi Bisotuni, A., Rahimi, F., Khosravi, Sh., Alibaigi H (2017) The Late Sasanian Treasury of Qouri Qaleh Cave: Votive Offerings for a Mithra Temple in Kermanshah, Western Iran. Iran, 55 (2): 227–252.
- Rahimi, F., 2004 Technical Examination and Provenance Studies on Sasanian Silver Vessels from Quri Qaleh, In T. Stollner, R. Slotta, and A. Vatandoust (eds), Persian Antiques Splendor, mining crafts and archeology in ancient Iran, vol. I, pp. 456–460, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Bochum.
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