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The Essaqwand Rock Tombs ( fa, گوردخمه اسحاقوند) are three rock-hewn tombs located 25 km southwest of 
Kermanshah CHHTO website
Archaeological sites in Iran Buildings and structures in Kermanshah Province Sculpture of the Ancient Near East Medes Rock-cut tombs Burial sites of the Achaemenid dynasty Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire Rock reliefs in Iran {{Iran-struct-stub
Harsin
Harsin ( ku, هەرسين, fa, هرسين; also Romanized as Harsīn) is a city and capital of Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 51,562, in 12,001 families. Harsin is situated 44 km east of ...
in Kermanshah Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkme ...
. On top of the middle tomb there is a rock relief
A rock relief or rock-cut relief is a relief sculpture carved on solid or "living rock" such as a cliff, rather than a detached piece of stone. They are a category of rock art, and sometimes found as part of, or in conjunction with, ro ...
of a man with his profile toward the viewers. He is holding his hands in prayers in front of him. There is also a torch and a fire altar in front of him. Behind the fire altar there is another man, holding up something in his hands. The tombs have been attributed to different historical eras including Medes
The Medes (Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, ...
, Achaemenids
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...
, Seleucids
The Seleucid Empire (; grc, Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, ''Basileía tōn Seleukidōn'') was a Greek state in West Asia that existed during the Hellenistic period from 312 BC to 63 BC. The Seleucid Empire was founded by the ...
and Parthians.
See also
*Sorkh Deh chamber tomb
Sorkh Deh chamber tomb is a Shaft and chamber tomb type grave located in Kermanshah Province in Iran. ''Sorkh Deh'' in Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persia ...
* Dekhmeh Rawansar
References
Kermanshah CHHTO website
Archaeological sites in Iran Buildings and structures in Kermanshah Province Sculpture of the Ancient Near East Medes Rock-cut tombs Burial sites of the Achaemenid dynasty Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire Rock reliefs in Iran {{Iran-struct-stub