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Which Achaemenid king is identified by inscription as buried at Naqsh-e Rostam?
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Ruins of the royal Achaemenid residence at Persepolis, Iran.
The Achaemenid king explicitly identified by inscription as being buried at Naqsh-e Rostam is Darius I, the son of Hystaspes.1
While there are four similar rock-cut tombs at the site, the others are attributed to Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, and Darius II based on scholarly inference rather than explicit inscriptions.1