Cyrus the Great was buried in Pasargadae， which is mentioned by Ctesias as his own city. Since， to judge from the inions， the buildings of Persepolis commenced with Darius I， it was probably under this king， with whom the sceptre passed to a new branch of the royal house， that Persepolis became the capital of Persia proper. As the residence of the rulers of the empire， however， a remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient. The country’s true capitals were Susa， Babylon and Ecbatana. This accounts for the fact that the Greeks were not acquainted with the city until Alexander the Great took and plundered it.
万王之王陵墓：伟大国王们的安息之地
后人普遍认为，居鲁士大帝被安葬在帕萨尔加德古城。如果冈比西斯二世的尸体被带回祖国波斯的这种说法是真的，那么他所葬的地方一定是在他父亲的墓旁边。克特西亚斯做了这样的假设，每个国王都在有生之年为自己准备陵墓，因此，埋葬在罗斯塔姆的国王可能有大流士大帝、薛西斯一世、阿尔塔薛西斯一世和大流士二世。薛西斯二世的统治时间很短，几乎不能获得如此灿烂的纪念碑。在塔赫蒂贾姆希德之后的两座已完工的坟墓是阿尔塔薛西斯二世和阿尔塔薛西斯三世的陵墓；那座未完工的坟墓也许是波斯王子阿西斯的陵墓，在波斯王朝，他的统治时间最长，大约有两年。也有人推测，如果不是阿西斯的陵墓，那就是大流士三世的陵墓，据说他是那些尸体被带回“波斯”的统治者之一。
居鲁士大帝被安葬在帕萨尔加德古城，这个建议是住在此城市的克特西亚斯提出的。为了辨认出铭文，考古学家开始对波斯波利斯的建筑物与大流士一世进行了研究调查，可能就是在这个国王的统治之下，王位传给了皇室中的新分支，波斯波利斯也就成为了波斯的首都。然而，作为帝国统治者的住所，选择一个高寒地带的偏远地区却是相当不方便的。波斯帝国的首都是苏萨、巴比伦和埃克巴坦那，这就说明一个事实，希腊人不熟悉这座城市，直到亚历山大大帝夺取并洗劫了它。
Nowruz：The Iranian New Year in Iranian calendars
Nowruz is the name of the Iranian New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. Nowruz is also widely referred to as the "Persian New Year". Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world， including parts of Central Asia， Caucasus， South Asia， Northwestern China， the Crimea and some groups in the Balkans.
Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical Northward equinox， which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians， the same time is celebrated in parts of the South Asian subcontinent as the new year. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and Iranian families gather together to observe the rituals.
Originally being a Zoroastrian festival， and the holiest of them all， Nowruz is believed to have been invented by Zoroaster himself， although there is no clear date of origin. Since the Achaemenid era the official year has begun with the New Day when the Sun leaves the zodiac of Pisces and enters the zodiacal sign of Aries， signifying the Spring Equinox. Nowruz is also a holy day for Sufis， Ismailis， Alawites， Babis and adherents of the Baha’i Faith.
The term Nowruz in writing， first appeared in Persian records in the 2nd century AD， but during the time of the Achaemenids （c. 548–330 BC）， kings from different nations under the Persian empire used to bring gifts to the Emperor， so it was called King of Kings. The significance of Nowruz in the Achaemenid empire was such that the great Persian king Cambyses II’s appointment as the king of Babylon was legitimized. so it was also an important day.
During the meeting of The Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage of the United Nations， held between 28 September – 2 October 2009 in Abu Dhabi， Nowruz was officially registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The UN’s General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of Nowruz， describing it a spring festival of Persian origin which has been celebrated for over 3000 years.
诺鲁兹节：伊朗日历中的伊朗新年节庆
诺鲁兹节是在伊朗日历中的伊朗新年节庆的名称，它也被广泛称为“波斯新年”。这一天有一些相应的传统庆祝活动。伊朗人民以及相关地区都会在这一天热烈庆祝并举行奉行仪式，后来这一节庆在全世界许多地方传播开来，包括中亚、高加索、南亚、中国西北部、克里米亚半岛和巴尔干半岛上的某些人群。
诺鲁兹节标志着春天的第一天，以及伊朗日历中一年的开端。庆祝活动在天文向北春分日那一天举行，通常是在3月21日或者前后错一天，这取决于人们的观察地点。诺鲁兹节也是一个索罗亚斯德教的节日，在现代伊朗人的索罗亚斯德教徒中意义深远，在南亚次大陆它也被作为新年佳节来庆祝。当太阳越过天球赤道、平衡昼夜的精确时刻，伊朗人民各个家庭欢聚一堂并举行奉行仪式。
诺鲁兹节被公认为是索罗亚斯德教徒自己发明的节日，虽然它没有明确的起源时间。自阿契美尼德时代起，官方就把这一天作为官方一年的新开始，那一天，太阳离开双鱼星座进入白羊座黄道带，这代表着春分点。诺鲁兹节也是苏菲派、伊斯玛仪派、阿拉维派、巴布教派和巴哈伊教信徒的神圣之日。
诺鲁兹节的文字第一次出现在公元2世纪的波斯记录中。在阿契美尼德王朝统治时期（大约公元前548~前330年），波斯帝国统治之下的各个国家的国王都来贡献礼物给帝国国王，因此帝国国王被称为万王之王。阿契美尼德帝国的诺鲁兹节其实就是伟大的波斯国王冈比西斯二世被任命为巴比伦王的合法化日子，因此它也是一个重要的日子。
2009年9月28日至10月2日，在阿布扎比举行联合国保护无形遗产大会正式决定将诺鲁兹节列为联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产。2010年，联合国大会将诺鲁兹节列为国际节日，将它描述成一个已经庆祝了三千多年的有关波斯起源的春节。
