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Archaeologists 'Uncover Hidden Pyramids' in Ancestral Iranian Homeland 

 
 

17 June 2002

 

 

Archaeologists have discovered a series of ancient pyramids in former Central Asian Iranian provinces (today Uzbekistan). The hidden structures are 15 meters high and believed to be up to 2,700 years old.

 

The BBC reports they were found in remote mountain gorges in the south of the country.

 

Archaeologists say they're similar to Egyptian pyramids, but their faces are flat instead of stepped. The pyramids were found in the Kashkadarya and Samarkand regions of Uzbekistan.

 

Experts believe their isolation probably stopped them being taken apart for building materials.

 

 

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