Monday, December 26, 2022

Royal Tombs at Persepolis

Research from the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago found that.."[R]oyal tombs, thought to be those of the later Achaemenids, were built at Persepolis itself, cut into the rock face of the Kuh-i Rahmat, overlooking the Terrace. The two complete tombs are assigned to Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III; an incomplete tomb was perhaps meant for the last Achaemenid king, Darius III. "














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