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Naqsh-e Rostam

Royal Persian tombs cut high into a cliff close to Persepolis.

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Photo: Maasaak · CC BY-SA 4.0
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1 hour

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Royal Persian tombs cut high into a cliff close to Persepolis.

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Persepolis

About 3.7 miles away

The ceremonial capital of Darius and Xerxes, its stairways carved with processions of nations.

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Cities · UNESCO

Isfahan

About 198 miles away

Naqsh-e Jahan Square and some of the world's finest tiled mosques.

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Cities · UNESCO

Yazd

About 157 miles away

A mud-brick desert city with wind towers and Zoroastrian fire temples.

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