Editing Ecbatana (section)

==Noushijan fire temple ==
[[File:Abdoli.jpg|thumb|The Noushijan Fire Temple, near Ecbatana]]
The Noushijan [[fire temple]] is one of the most important and oldest fire temples in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ارگ نوشیجان، یکی از قدیمی ترین بناهای جهان در ملایر |url=https://lastsecond.ir/blog/7289-nushijan-citadel-malayer |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=لست‌سکند |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-09 |title=قدیمی‌ترین نیایشگاه خشتی دنیا در ملایر/ارگ"نوشیجان"میزبان مسافران |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/3927613/%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |language=fa}}</ref> which is near Ecbatana. It is also the oldest adobe temple in the world.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} In 1967, the excavations of this place began under the supervision of [[David Stronach]], which led to the identification of three historical periods in three separate floors. The third floor belongs to the [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]], the second floor belongs to the [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenids]], and the first floor belongs to the [[Medes]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-29 |title=خبرگزاری فارس - آتشکده نوشیجان، نشانی از درخشش تاریخ! |url=https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13960109000208/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=خبرگزاری فارس}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-11-06 |title=آتشكده و قلعه‌ي باستاني نوشيجان؛ نخستين نمونه‌ي معماري كشور در فلات ايران |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/8408-06977/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87-%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=ایسنا |language=fa}}</ref> This place was the most important fire temple of the Medes from the second half of the 8th century to the first half of the 6th century BC, and it is now one of the most important structures left from the time of the Medes.