Naqsh-e Rustam

Fars Province · Iran

Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran
Photo: Stefan Krasowski from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring and autumn
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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A dramatic cliff face carved with the cross-shaped rock tombs of Achaemenid kings, including Darius the Great. Later Sasanian reliefs of royal triumphs cover the rock below.

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