Tombs of the Achaemenid kings at Naqsh-e Rostam, North of Persepolis near Shiraz in Iran.

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Tombs of the Achaemenid kings at Naqsh-e Rostam, North of Persepolis near Shiraz in Iran. The tomb on the far right belongs to Darius the Great. The others are believed to be those of Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, and Darius II (one of them not pictured).

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Location: Persepolis, Shiraz, Iran
Photo credit: © Thomas Lehne/ lotuseaters / Alamy / Afripics
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