- Shush Castle
Shush Castle (French: Château de Suse) is located in the ruins of the ancient city of
Susa ("Shush") in theKhuzestan Province ofIran . It was constructed by French archaeologist Jean-Marie Jacques de Morgan in the late 1890s, as a secure base for archaeological exploration and excavation. The Castle is similar to medieval monuments in France.The structure was built by local craftsmen with bricks taken from two other archaeological sites, theAchaemenid Darius/Dariush castle and theElamite Choqazanbil ziggurat. It is built atop a hill (tell) which may contain other relics of past times. It is an example of the pre-scientific era ofarchaeology , when explorers mutilated or destroyed sites in the process of examining them.The former French government property was taken over by the
Islamic Republic after theIranian Revolution in 1979. It is now used as a museum. Its best-known holding is a cuneiform tablet inscribed with theCode of Hammurabi , however this is now on display in theLouvre Museum inParis ,France .The castle was heavily damaged by Iraqi bombs during the recent
Iran–Iraq War , but has since been completely restored by the Iranian government.ee also
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Iranian architecture
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