This is Sialk. It is one of the richest archaeological sites of Central Iran. The various items being found date from as early as the fourth millennium BC. Emerging from the dust is a Ziggurat - perhaps pre-dating those of the Mesopotamians. But basically, you can see that an entire city was being dug up from the ground. My hosts say it’s the first civilized town in history…I’m not sure what that means. This was walking distance from the place where I was staying, and I genuinely believe that under my hosts’ house there would also be remains of thousands of years ago. They just laughed at me.