Iran Naqsh e Rustam

Naqsh-e Rustam (in Persian: نقش رستم Nāqš-e Rostām) is an archaeological site located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars province, Iran. Naqsh-e Rustam lies a few hundred meters from Naqsh-e Rajab.
The oldest relief at Naqsh-i Rustam is severely damaged and dates to c. 1000 BCE. It depicts a faint image of a man with unusual head-gear and is thought to be Elamite in origin. The depiction is part of a larger mural, most of which was removed at the command of Bahram II. The man with the unusual cap gives the site its name, Naqsh-e Rostam, "Picture of Rostam", because the relief was locally believed to be a depiction of the mythical hero Rostam.
Four tombs belonging to Achaemenid kings are carved out of the rock face. They are all at a considerable height above the ground.
The tombs are known locally as the 'Persian crosses', after the shape of the facades of the tombs. The site is known as salīb in Arabic (صليب), perhaps a corruption of the Persian word chalīpā, "cross". The entrance to each tomb is at the center of each cross, which opens onto to a small chamber, where the king lay in a sarcophagus. The horizontal beam of each of the tomb's facades is believed to be a replica of the entrance of the palace at Persepolis.
One of the tombs is explicitly identified by an accompanying inscription to be the tomb of Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE). The other three tombs are believed to be those of Xerxes I (r. 486-465 BCE), Artaxerxes I (r. 465-424 BCE), and Darius II (r. 423-404 BCE) respectively. A fifth unfinished one might be that of Artaxerxes III, who reigned at the longest two years, but is more likely that of Darius III (r. 336-330 BCE), last of the Achaemenid dynasts.
The tombs were looted following the conquest of the Achaemenid empire by Alexander the Great.

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Iran, Amazing place in the world!

[@prabshiro]

i love the way they are built, most likely to stop tomb raiding . dont know if it worked.
awesome place , defo need to visit one day.

[@dylanbickerstaffe1581]

Always wanted to go there to see the Sassanid reliefs - Shapur, Khosroes etc.

[@arabiannight100]

magical place

[@siddeshwarprasad]

Amazing construction!

[@PersianHistorian]

Peace be upon every Sasanian King
Ahura Mazda bless you

[@thetexanfan]

You have to ask yourself, why aren't or can't they make these things today with better tools and electricity? The answer is the same for all those places on earth when people use that BS...Lost Technology. I guess it's still lost because we can't come close. Best we could do is a Mt. Rushmore and they have plenty of imperfections. And! no clay tablets made from mud will change my mind about who built them either.

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Portal. Star gate

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Go

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Why are the interiors not shown because the interior walls have the stories engraved inside or is it because of the fear of the mullahs?