Darius the Great's crypt contains three chambers, each with three burial cists. The reliefs underneath were added 600 years later by the Sassanians. These depict Ardeshir and his son Shahpour in combat and defeating the Parthians.

A Sassanian cataphract 3rd century AD

داريوش بزرگ هخامنشي

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