Naqsh-e Rustam
Rock-CutMiddle EastIranc. 500 BCEAchaemenid then Sassanid
Achaemenid rock-cut royal necropolis 12 km northwest of Persepolis, Iran. Four massive cruciform tombs cut into the cliff face (Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Darius II), 5th century BCE. Below them, Sassanid relief carvings document the founding of the later Persian empire. Among the most ambitious rock-cut works on Earth.
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