Located 65 kilometers southwest of Mirjaveh near Zahedan, the village is home to a collection of man-made and natural monuments.
Ancient mounds, ancient rock tombs, water mills, a castle, metal furnaces, and cave dwellings are all indications of the ancient civilization of the inhabitants of the village.
The village, which is located on the northern part of Mount Taftan, is divided into three districts, Upper Tamin, Central Tamin, and Lower Tamin.
The cave dwellings constructed inside the mountain, in an area of over 4000 square meters, are similar to the architecture of cave dwellings in Meymand in Kerman Province and Kandovan in East Azerbaijan Province.
Rock tombs of the Achaemenid era are also among the beautiful attractions of the region.
An expert of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (CHTO), Mohammad-Ali Jannatifar, said on Tuesday that five Achaemenid era tombs have been discovered in the region so far.
The simplicity of the rock tombs and their architecture are quite similar to the Median tombs in Kermanshah, said Jannatifar, adding, “The construction of rock tombs was surely based on a common belief and they were built in various regions during the Median to Sassanid eras, which indicates cultural and historical variety.
“Beneath the tombs there were holes at the foot of the rock in which the dead bodies were placed, and, after the decomposition process, the remaining bones would be placed inside the tombs,” he added.
Burial practices in ancient Iran were different in each era, said Jannatifar, adding, “Sometimes the dead were buried in houses, for example under the floor, or sometimes in the rock. In other eras, they were buried under the ground or were placed inside coffins made of stone or earthenware.
“Chel-Khaneh is the other attraction of the village. It is a cell dug into the heart of the (mountain) rock. Muslim inhabitants used to spend forty nights inside the cell praying and eating nothing but water and dates.”
The Musa mineral spring in Upper Tamin, which provides water for the local residents, adds to the beauty of the village. The water is warm in winter and cold in summer.
A total of 26 monuments have been identified in the region, five of which have been registered on Iran’s cultural heritage list.
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