1. Entombment at Naqsh-e Rostam

    · Tomb of Darius I, Naqsh-e Rostam, Fars Province, Iran

    Entombment at Naqsh-e Rostam
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    After his death in October 486 BCE, Darius’s embalmed body was placed in the rock-cut tomb he had prepared at Naqsh-e Rostam. This card documents the physical presence of Darius’s body after death; the source does not specify his place of death.

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