Exploring the Royal Necropolis of Naqsh-e Rustam (Achaemenid Tombs / Sasanian Reliefs)

I've always wanted to visit these places, since I was in college. Haven't got around to it. But maybe someday.

Thank you Cy for revealing and showing Iranian monuments treasures.

Fun fact: In french, Valerian is Valérien. The way "Valérien" is pronounced, one can make a pun as in "vallait rien", which means "he was worth nothing" or "he was a waste of air".

Hello Cy! Great episode! Really enjoyed learning about the tombs of the ancient Persian Kings. Great to see the channel is thriving!!

Thank you so much for enlightening and showing the history and beautiful of ancient PERSIAN IRANIAN ROOTS ❤🇮🇷 . Greetings from Minneapolis Minnesota 🙏🙏🙏👍❤️

Iran has such a long and rich history, it's really a shame that our governments don't get along.

Hey, Cy it's been a while I haven't revisited your content, now that I have, you impress me! Your hours long presentations as much as the shorter form content is greatly informative and very well put together. Just the audio is all you would need, but the visuals are constantly captivating as they are always pertinent. Thank you for the work you're doing, I as everyone else appreciate it very much! edit: let me also add the music!! it is great, please tell me which were used in the video. I would greatly appreciate, thank you.

This ia a great video. I actually visited Persepolis, Naqsh-e Rustam and the Behiston [besotun] monument, but only at Persepolis was it possible to get close to the monuments. I may regret that, but as a student of history familiar with defacement by tourists, I'm happy that access is limited. I hate to say this, but viewing the treasures of our ancestors is often better done through videos than by physical presence. You might be so far from seeing the Mona Lisa, for example, that you need binoculars inside the museum. Some sites prohibit photography, or the pictures taken by visitors are not good enough. Then, of course, tour guides may move you along with no time to appreciate the sites. This video is actually better than my photos. I have a picture of the Roman Emperor surrendering, but even though I used a telephoto lense, the picture here is much better. Thanks again for your excellent work.

Hello Cy, your videos are amazing I binge watch them. I got some good potential future topics if you need any ideas for videos! - Uruk Proto-Empire and talk of Mengkashier, and the famously underrated King Enmenkar. -Was the land of Aratta connected to the Kura Axes culture. -The fall of Uruks proto Empire by the Kura Axes culture. Other non related to Uruk period is a bit on the Andronovo culture which would be really interesting.

Google maps shows that (in my opinion) the most important tomb, the Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great is quite a distance away from Persepolis and the Royal Rock Carvings, needing a separate trip of its own.

Aside from well researched videos on ancient history. You also are doing video tours of ancient sites now, that's awesome, I really appreciate it. Sadly education is de facto behind a massive pay wall that many of us will never be able to get over. Thanks for trying to spread accurate information about ancient history.

Fantastic footage

Cy giving us Top notch content for so little can't help but love this channel.

Great stuff, Cy!

Woooo I love your Persia pieces. This music is kick ass!

impressive ancient site, Persians were great, Iran is amazing!!!😍❤

Amazing Cy! Thank you.🙏🏼

another great lesson with a great video thank you for sharing💜

Awesome video, I love the Achaemenid!

Another banger! Thank you Cy!