غار ایوب [Ghar Iweb] [Ayyūb's Cave] [Ayub] [Eyub] [Ayob] [Grotte de Job]

دهستان دهج (شهرستان شهربابک - IR - ايران)
30.618889,54.869444
Longueur 200m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Ayoub cave is located sixteen kilometers southwest of the city Dehaj, in Shahr-e Babak of Kerman Province. Ayoub Cave has formed in a mountain with the same name. To get to Ayoub cave, you can take Bandar Abas to Tehran road. After Jozam junction, the road ends and you have to start hiking in order to get to Ayoub cave. Sources : * iranparadise.com/ayoub-cave/ * www.visitiran.ir/attraction/ayoub-cave-shahr-e-bab… BTH - 05/10/2025

Description

Video

BTH - 05/10/2025

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Short description and geology

BTH - 05/10/2025

The entrance of this cave has 68 meters’ width and 98 meters’ height that can be seen from distance. The cave is about two hundred meters deep. Since it is a corrasional cave, no stalactite or stalagmites can be seen in it. But there are magnificent formations on the walls called "mummies". They look like stalactites hanging from the wall. It is told that in the past they were used to heal bone diseases. Ayoub mountain has dacites and andesite stones and is considered a volcanic mountain. Many ages ago, during what is known as Pleistocene Age, water has clashed lava, which has led to the fracture of the stones. As time has gone by, due to erosion by water and wind and sand blowing of the dacite stones, jags and honeycomb holes have formed on the walls. Sources : * iranparadise.com/ayoub-cave/ * www.visitiran.ir/attraction/ayoub-cave-shahr-e-bab…

Histoire

The locals believe that Ayoub the messenger (prophet Job), was living in this cave in the past. Above the Manzelgah, there is a worship place that you can see a footprint which is like a human footprint. The locals believe that this footprint belongs to Ayoub the messenger. You can find some stuff from Ashkanian dynasty in this cave. Source : * iranparadise.com/ayoub-cave/ BTH - 05/10/2025

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