Naqsh-e Rustam, Naghe e Rostam, naghshe rostam, .Achaemenische graves, Iran, Middle East, young, group, Naghsh e Rostam, relief, Sassaniden,

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Iran, Naghsh-e Rostam. Achaemenian royal tombs, (from left to right, Darius I, Artazerxes and Xerxes I) set above Sasanian-era bas-reliefs, Naghsh-e Rostam. About km northwest of Persepolis lies the imposing site of Naqsh-e Rustam in the mountain range of Husain Kuh, where Darius the Great and his successors had their monumental tombs carved into the cliff. Here in 1933 Herzfeld conducted a short survey and made soundings, but it was not until 1936 that Schmidt started to clear and document the royal tombs and to excavate the Ka'bah-i Zardusht.

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Marvdasht. Fars, Iran
Photo credit: © Mohammad Nouri / Alamy / Afripics
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