Naqsh-e Rostam (lit. mural of Rostam, Persian: نقش رستم [ˌnæɣʃeɾosˈtæm]) is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran.A collection of ancient Iranian rock reliefs are cut into the face of the mountain and the mountain contains the final resting place of four Achaemenid kings notably king Darius the …

The Behistun Inscription (Persian: بیستون; Old Persian: Bāgastana; transl. "The Place of God") is a large rock-relief multilingual inscription carved at Mount Behistun, near the city of Kermanshah in Iran.It was authored by Darius I (r. 522–486 BC), the third ruler of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.The inscription was crucial to the decipherment of cuneiform as it includes three ...