However, little remains of the Palace of Darius, which once covered 250 acres but has been eroded over centuries and damaged by 20th-century development and conflict. “Mud brick crumbles very ...

Other roads led south from Susa to Pasargadae, Cyrus’s former stronghold and burial place, and to Persepolis, where Darius and his heirs built a splendid palace complex. Caravans of traders ...

The research has been carried out by a U.S. center for archaeological studies, Mohammad-Taqi Ataii, director of the Iranian archaeological team working in the valley on the Darius palace, told the ...

"For over two millennia, the origin of the stones used in Darius's palace remained a mystery. This discovery is astonishing and could solve a 2,000-year-old historical puzzle," he said. The monumental ...