Naqsh-e Rustam
| نقش رستم | |
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  Shown within Iran | |
| Location | Marvdasht, Fars Province |
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| Region | Iran |
| Coordinates | 29°59′20″N 52°52′29″E / 29.98889°N 52.87472°E |
| Type | Necropolis |
| History | |
| Founded | 1200 AD - 625 AD |
| Periods | Achaemenid, Sassanid |
| Cultures | Persian |
| Management | Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Persian |
Naqsh-e Rostam (Persian: نقش رستم [ˌnæɣʃeɾosˈtæm]) is an ancient necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran
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- Canepa, Matthew P., "Topographies of Power, Theorizing the Visual, Spatial and Ritual Contexts of Rock Reliefs in Ancient Iran", in Harmanşah (2014), google books
- Cotterell, Arthur (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations, 1993, Penguin, ISBN 0670826995
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Naqsh-e Rustam.
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 5: Drawings and Maps, Records of Naqsh-i Rustam Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine Collections Search Center, S.I.R.I.S., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Hubertus von Gall "NAQŠ-E ROSTAM" in Encyclopædia Iranica [1]
- Lendering, Jona (2009). "Naqsh-i Rustam". Amsterdam: Livius. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
- Unknown (2005). "Naghsh-e-Rostam".
- Herrmann, G. & Curtis, V. S. (2003). "Sasanian Rock Reliefs". Encyclopedia Iranica. Costa Mesa: Mazda.
