Anahita Temple

The Anahita Temple is the name of one of two archaeological sites in Iran popularly thought to have been attributed to the ancient Iranian deity Anahita [1]. The larger and more widely known of the two is located at Kangāvar in Kermanshah Province [1]. The remains at Kangavar display Persian architectural designs [1]. Dispute exists among scholars on the correct identity of the main structure at the site [1]. Excavation first began in 1968, by which time the "large structure with its great Ionic columns set on a high stone platform" had been associated with a comment by Isidore of Charax, that refers to a "temple of Artemis" [1]. References to Artemis in Iran are generally interpreted to be references to Anahita, and thus Isidore's "temple of Artemis" came to be understood as a reference to a temple of Anahita [1].