Massive tombs of Naqsh-e Rustam

Everyone knows about the Egyptian pyramids and the tombs of the pharaohs. However, not everyone has heard about the massive tombs, which are more than two thousand years, located in the heart of Iran, in the former Persia. We invite you to find a place closer.

Six kilometers from the Iranian town of Persepolis are ancient rock reliefs and several tombs of ancient Persian kings, called common name - Naqsh-e Rustam. The first relief in this area appeared more than three thousand years ago. The rest of the set up at a later period, and the most "young" Today about 1,700 years. The name of the area was due to the legend of the Persians that all the reliefs created in honor of the hero of the epic - Rustam. In addition to the four tombs of the kings, in the territory of the necropolis is "Cube of Zoroaster" - a mysterious building. According to some assumptions, this place was created for ritual fire Zoroastrians. According to another version, a cube is the tomb of Cyrus the Great.
















































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