The Gateway of Xerxes, Persepolis, Iran, Middle East

The Gateway of Xerxes, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Porch of Xerxes, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Tombs of Artaxerxes I (left), Xerxes (centre), and Darius the Great (right), Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran, Middle East

From left to right the tombs of Artaxerxes I, Xerxes and Darius the Great, Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, Middle East

Rock cut tomb of Xerxes, Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, Middle East

Tomb of Xerxes, Naqsh-e Rostam (Naqsh-i-Rustem), Iran, Middle East

Porch of Xerxes, Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Sassanian carvings showing Hormizd on horseback, dating from 303-309 BC, below the Achaemenian Tomb of Xerxes I, dating from 486-465 BC, Naqsh-e-Rostam, Iran, Middle East