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Susa (Shushan): Tomb of Daniel
Shush, Iran · Wider Abrahamic world
32.190, 48.254
Tradition. The city is attested. Daniel's tomb is traditional, with no historical evidence.
This photograph shows the modern city, or the Wikipedia lead subject, rather than the ancient site itself.
Susa was the Achaemenid capital and the setting of Esther and parts of Daniel and Nehemiah. Benjamin of Tudela (12th c.) describes the shrine of Daniel and Jewish communities quarrelling over his coffin. The present shrine is a Muslim-maintained site.
Source stance: neutral.
People and groups named here
- Daniel (traditional)
- Benjamin of Tudela
Sources
- "Shushan (Susa) Purim", Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)
Jewish Encyclopedia / Funk & Wagnalls (public domain). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Tomb of Daniel (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum (Pleiades place 912936)
Pleiades Gazetteer (CC BY 3.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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