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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fars Province, Iran

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The ruins of Persepolis

Fars Province, Iran

The Ruins of Persepolis

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.
Tombs of Darius I the Great, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes, and, Darius II.

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Naqsh-e Rustam

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.
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Fars Province, Iran

Graffiti at Persepolis

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.
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