The "Cube of Zoroaster", a 5th century Achaemenid square tower in Naqsh-e Rostam Necropolis near Persepolis, Iran.
The “Cube of Zoroaster” was built in the Achaemenid era and there is no information of the name of the structure in that era. Later in the Sassanian era it was called Bon-Khanak. Various views and interpretations have been proposed for the purpose of the Cube (a fire temple, a tomb, a temple of the goddess Anahita) but none of them can be accepted with certainty.
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Location: Naqsh-e Rostam, Fars Province, Iran
Photo credit: © Leonid Serebrennikov / Alamy / Afripics
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