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The tombs of famous Persian kings are not like any other tomb.
Not far from the famed city of Persepolis, are the four tombs of ancient Persian kings. Although this is still open to debate and speculation, the tombs seem to be those of Darius I and II, Xerxes I and Artaxerxes. From a distance they look like four huge crosses in the cliff in which they are carved out, but closer by you see that the tombs have actually been created in the "wall" of the crosses.
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