The "Cube of Zoroaster", a 5th century B.C Achaemenid square tower in Naqsh-e Rostam Necropolis near Persepolis, Iran.
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Leonid Serebrennikov / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5792 x 8688 px | 49 x 73.6 cm | 19.3 x 29 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
22 October 2023Location:
Naqsh-e Rostam, Fars Province, IranMore information:
The “Cube of Zoroaster” was built in the Achaemenid era and there is no information of the name of the structure in that era. Later in the Sassanian era it was called Bon-Khanak. Various views and interpretations have been proposed for the purpose of the Cube (a fire temple, a tomb, a temple of the goddess Anahita) but none of them can be accepted with certainty.