The Achaemenid tombs in Naqsh-e-rostam's by shervin19

Marvdasht - Iran, Fårs Four tombs belonging to Achaemenid kings are carved out of the rock face. They are all at a considerable height above the ground.

Uploaded: Nov, 13 2007 | Taken: Mar, 16 2007| Viewed: 46 times  | 4 votes Camera: Sony Ericsson | Model: W700i | Exposure 1/800s, ISO 100 | SW: R1CA021 prgCXC1250516_CHINA_CR 2.3

rangutan - Nov, 13 2007 11:11pm A cultural gem to all humanity! Thanks for for your photo of it. Brilliant [4.7] aufgehts - Mar, 04 2008 07:03pm Just wonderful....too bad most of us (Americans) have no idea these places exist. shervin19 - Dec, 02 2008 11:12am Hence the kings buried at Naghsh-e Rustam are probably Darius the Great, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I and Darius II. Xerxes II, who reigned for a very short time, could scarcely have obtained so splendid a monument, and still less could the usurper Sogdianus (Secydianus).