Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Here`s what we did in Iran VIII



The rock tomb of Darius the Great
Watercolour, crayon and computer
©2017 Charlene Brown

From Persepolis, our bus took us to Naqshe Rostam, about 10 km to the northwest. This precipitous cliff is one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring sites of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, consisting of the colossal tombs of several Persian kings dating to the 4th and 5th centuries BCE as well as several reliefs carved by the Sasanians in the 3rd century CE.