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Dom Afshan in the region of Fārs is a town in Iran - some 399 mi or ( 641 km ) South of Tehran , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Dom Afshan is now 09:33 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tehran " with a UTC offset of 3.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Yasuj, Qal'eh-ye Lora, Gorbakan, Dammam, and Shiraz. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Yasuj . Where to go and what to see in Dom Afshan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Naqsh-e Rustam

Naqsh-e Rustam also referred to as Necropolis is an archaeological site located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars province, Iran. Naqsh-e Rustam lies a few hundred meters from Naqsh-e Rajab. The oldest relief at Naqsh-i Rustam is severely damaged and dates to c. 1000 BC. It depicts a faint image of a man with unusual head-gear and is thought to be Elamite in origin. The depiction is part of a larger mural, most of which was removed at the command of Bahram II.

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Located at 29.99 52.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: 3rd-century architecture, 5th-century BC architecture, Archaeological sites in Iran, Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire, History of Fars Province, Marvdasht complex, Naqsh-e Rustam, Sassanid architecture, Sculpture of the Ancient Near East

Tomb of Darius I

Tomb of Darius I (Darius the Great) is one of the four tombs of Achaemenid kings at the historical site of Naqsh-e Rustam located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, Iran. They are all at a considerable height above the ground. One of the tombs is explicitly identified by an accompanying inscription to be the tomb of Darius I (c. 522–486 BC). The other three tombs are believed to be those of Xerxes I (c. 486–465 BC), Artaxerxes I (c. 465–424 BC), and Darius II (c. 423–404 BC).

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Located at 29.99 52.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: 3rd-century architecture, 5th-century BC architecture, Marvdasht complex, Naqsh-e Rustam

Naqsh-e Rajab

Naqsh-e Rajab is an archaeological site just east of Istakhr and about 12 km north of Persepolis. Together with Naqsh-e Rustam, which lies less than a kilometer away, the site is part of the Marvdasht cultural complex. Together, the two sites are a tentative candidate for UNESCO World Heritage status. Naqsh-e Rajab is the site of four limestone rockface inscriptions and bas-reliefs that date to the early Sassanid era. One of the carvings is the investiture inscription of Ardeshir I (r.

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Located at 29.97 52.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Marvdasht complex, Sassanid architecture, Sculpture of the Ancient Near East

Apadana

The Apadāna is a collection of biographical stories found in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pāli Canon, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. It is thought by most scholars to be a late addition to the canon, composed during the 1st and 2nd century BCE. The title Apadāna perhaps means 'life history' or 'legend' in Pāli; it has the additional, older meaning of advice or moral instruction; Dr Sally Cutler has suggested the word originally meant 'reapings', i.e. of the results of karma.

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Located at 29.93 52.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: 5th-century BC architecture, Achaemenid Empire, Iranian architecture, Khuddaka Nikaya, Persepolis, Pāli Buddhist texts

Persepolis

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.

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Located at 29.93 52.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: 6th-century BC architecture, Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Persia, Archaeological sites in Iran, Destroyed landmarks, Former populated places in Iran, Iranian archeological cities, Iranian architecture, Iranian culture, Persepolis, Persian history, Populated places in Fars Province, World Heritage Sites in Iran