Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great. Architectural detail. Achaemenid king of Persia (559-530 BC), he was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The design of the tomb is credited to Mesopotamian or Elamite ziggurats. The cella is attributed to Urartu tombs of an earlier period. Pasargadae. Iran.

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