An Iranian family visits the tomb of Cyrus II of Persia known as Cyrus the Great the founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire in 6th century BCE in...
{"Image ImageDescription": "An Iranian family visits the tomb of Cyrus II of Persia, known as Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire in 6th century BCE in the town of Pasargadae, 135 kilometers north east of the southern city of Shiraz on May 19, 2015. Under his rule, the Achaemenid Empire created the largest empire the world had yet seen. Cuneiform records from Babylon suggest that Cyrus died on 4 December 530 BCE, but according to the Greek historian, Herodotus, Cyrus was killed near the Aral Sea in July or August 529 BCE during a campaign to protect the north?eastern borders of his empire. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI        (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)"}