It's a monument (and also a mountain) in Karaj, Iran.
"Undoubtedly, the most ancient historical monument in Karaj, Tehran province, is Takht-e Rostam which dates back to the Sassanid Era (226-650 AD), reported the English-language newspaper Iran Daily.
The edifice located near Qajar village, a suburb of Shahriyar, is not as well-known as other historical structures in the area.
Commenting on the monument, a cultural heritage expert with Karaj Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department, Faramarz Norouzi told Iran Daily’s Sadeq Dehqan that the monument includes a stone pedestal measuring 64 meters by 63 meters and is located at the foothills of a mountain called Takht-e Rostam."
Takht-e Rostam is a monument of the VI E front century J. - C., located halfway between Persépolis and Naqsh-e Rostam in Fars, in Iran.
It is about an unfinished tomb dating from the time achéménide, which would have been an exact copy of that of Cyrus II in Pasargades. Only the two lower platforms remain. One generally estimates that it was intended for Cambyse II but this one died prematurely in Syria, his unknown place of burial remaining.
The modern name means “the throne of Rostam”, and refers to a hero of Iranian mythology.
The tomb was found in the years 1930 by the archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld."
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