Tourist Attraction

Doosheh Cave

in Khorramabad city | Lorestan province
Tourist Attraction

Doosheh Cave

Related to Khorramabad city (Lorestan Province)
The historical cave of Doosheh is in the village of Karshurab in the district of Chagni (Khoram Abad). This cave has many interesting historical drawings and inscriptions in it. The cave has a regular circular shape within, and is approximately 5 m. in height. Its straight walls are adorned with about 110 drawings done in black. On its western wall, besides these paintings are two inscriptions, one of which has been ruined and the other has faded and cannot be read. Within the crevices at the end of the cave bones of human and animal skeletons as well as pieces of earthenware have been found.
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