Ka'ba-ye Zartosht

29.98888888888952.874722222222Koordinaten: 29 ° 59 ' 20 " N, 52 ° 52' 29" O

Ka ʿ -ye be Zartuscht (Persian کعبه زرتشت, DMG Cube of Zoroaster ) is a nearly twelve -meter-high tower, the Ka ʿ -ye be Zartuscht, "Ka ʿ ba ( cube) Zarathustra " is called. It is located in the archaeological site Naqsch -e Rostam in the Iranian province of Fars. Presumably he was already under Darius I and the similar, but heavily damaged Zendan -e Soleyman ( " Prison of Solomon " ) modeled in Pasargadae. The purpose of this construction is unknown, but there are suspicions that it is a fire temple or another king tomb, with the former version is doubted because of a lack of chimney. At the time of the Sassanids, it may have been used as a repository for the writings of the Avesta. Sassanid inscriptions on the outer walls bear witness to the power struggle between Sassanids and Romans. According to Joseph von Hammer- Purgstall, this was where the third or according to other sources, the second of five and seven known fire temples of the ancient world: