Too much for one person, too little for all. I’ll admit this passage goes hard! Alexander’s army is crossing the unforgiving Gedrosian desert after his campaign in India. The only person believed to have managed to take an army via that route was the legendary Assyrian Queen Semiramis. The source is Arrian’s Anabasis, Book 6/ Chap. 26. There are three versions of the story. According to Plutarch, it was early in Alexander’s campaign, while the conqueror was chasing the Persian king, Darius III (

This I visited the ancient tomb of Darius the Great in Iran—and it left me speechless.This hidden valley, carved into a cliffside near Persepolis, holds the final resting places of Persian kings who once ruled one of the largest empires in history. Standing before the tomb of Darius I, I couldn’t help but think about how this man changed the course of the ancient world—from building roads and uniting cultures, to shaping systems we still use today. #i̇ran #persia #persian #irantravel #petra | Th

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