Ghirshman, RomanPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2020-08-242020-08-241962P(A)-24http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208883The "fire temple" which stands in front of the tomb of Darius surrounded by a high wall. Built of dressed limestone blocks with three rows of "blind windows", recessed, in black stone. The entrance, level with the second tier of windows, gives access to a single room (17 feet 5 inches x 12 feet 3 inches). The roof, which has not survived, had four sloping sides like a tent. Similar to a similar tower at Pasargadae, its use is conjectural. Wikander believed it to have been a temple of Anahita, others saw it as a tomb, and Henning as a building erected for housing church archives. Ghirshman plumps for it being a fire sanctuary where the "eternal fire" was guarded day and night. -- 36' x 23'.35mmslideb&wen-AUAchaemenianarchitecturebook scan2020-08-24This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.