Royal Necropolis of Naqsh-e Rostam
[Archaeological Site]

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Common name
Royal Necropolis of Naqsh-e Rostam
Official name
Achaemenid Necropolis with Sasanid monuments in Naqsh-e Rostam
Local name
Naqsh-e Rostam or Naqsh-e Rustam
Current context
Current context
In Countryside.
Type / Classification
Type / Classification
Ancient Sanctuary.
Type / Classification
Necropolis.
Interest
Interest
Archaeological.
Interest
Architectural.
Interest
Ideological.
Interest
Historical.
Interest
Artistic.
Interest
Symbolic.
Interest
Natural Environment.
Open to the public
Yes
Useful information
The archaeological site is located about 12 km NW of Persepolis. Visit hours: 8.00 am (and not 7.30 as written in some touristic guide-books) – 5.30 pm (during winter) or 7.30 pm (spring to fall). It is better to avoid the hours between 12.00-2.30 – the usual hours of visit after the Persepolis tour – because there is no shady place at all in this extraordinary site.
Key words
Ahuramazda, God.
Altar.
Antiquities.
Antiquity.
Archaic period.
Ardashir I Babakan.
Classical period.
Darius I.
Fire temple.
Funerary culture.
Horse, horses.
Ideology.
Inscription / inscriptions.
Iran.
Late Antiquity.
Magi, Zoroastrian priesthood.
Oriental cults.
Persia.
Relief.
Rock carving.
Sasanid civilization / Sassanid civilization.
Sasanids / Sassanian Persians.
Shapur I.
Shapur II.
Tower, towers.
Xerxes I.
Zoroastrianism.