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Where in the world
Iran
The site
Naqsh-e Rustam is an ancient necropolis carved into a cliff face in Fars province, Iran, about 13 km from Persepolis. Four great tombs cut high into the rock hold Achaemenid kings, among them Darius the Great and his son Xerxes, their facades showing the king invested by a god above rows of tribute-bearers. Reliefs added by later Sasanian rulers extend the site's record across more than a thousand years.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Persian (Achaemenid)Sasanian
- types
- Necropolis
- occupied
- 1,000 BCE — 400 CE
- country
- Iran
See it in 3D
Figures of this place
Laid to rest, born or died at Naqsh-e Rustam
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⚱Monuments & structures
What stands within Naqsh-e Rustam
bas-reliefRelief of triumph of Shapur I over Valerian at Naqsh-e Rustam
inscriptionArdashir Investiture Relief
bas-reliefElamite rock relief in Naqsh-e Rustam
bas-reliefRelief of equestrian combat of Bahram II
bas-reliefRelief of equestrian combat of Hormizd II
bas-reliefRelief of Bahram II and his court
rock reliefBlank surface in Naqsh-e Rustam
Naqsh-e Rustam Cistern
