Hewn into the rockface, the site of Naqsh-e Rostan is where it is believed that Darius I, Xerxes and Darius II were buried.
Darius I died 486BC.
There are also Sassanian (c. 260 AD) stone reliefs cut into the rock below the tombs.
There is also a Zoroastrian fire temple at the site.
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