TURNING POINTS · 6th C. BCE
Tomb of Cyrus, Pasargadae, Iran
Pasargadae was the first capital of the Achaemenid Empire, built by Cyrus the Great. The target is his tomb.
The story, as a puzzle
A tomb for an empire's founder.
A simple stone tomb on a stepped plinth is said to hold the founder of the Persian Empire, who conquered Babylon in 539 BCE. Pin it.
Where it is
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