Discovery of Early Bronze Age Konar Sandal Site near Jiroft The excavated area in Iran’s Kerman province has been named Konar Sandal. Its central feature is a pair of massive burial mounds separated by a distance of approximately one mile (1.6 kilometers), which have been designated as Konar Sandal A (North) and Konar Sandal B (South). The site is located near Jiroft in southeastern Iran. Beneath mound A, archaeologists found a stone structure they believe was used for religious purposes. Under mound B, they found the remains of a two-story fortified citadel anchored to a base that covered more than 33 acres (13.5 hectares). At the foot of the mounds, deeper digs have revealed the presence of many smaller buildings, and it is believed that similar structures will eventually be unearthed in the space between the two mounds, and elsewhere in the subterranean surrounding environment.