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Where was Xerxes I buried?

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Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
Xerxes I

Xerxes I is believed to be buried in one of the rock-cut tombs at Naqsh-e Rostam, an ancient site located near Persepolis in modern-day Iran.

While the site contains four similar tombs carved into a perpendicular cliff face, inscriptions confirm that one belongs to his father, Darius I. The remaining three tombs at Naqsh-e Rostam are attributed to Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, and Darius II.1