Susa We had been anticipating today back when we first started planning this trip: Susa. The modern (and I use the term loosely) city of Shush, one of the oldest urban centers in the world, is also home to the ruins of ancient Susa. Read More travelMarthame SandersOctober 7, 2007achaemenids, ahwaz, artaxerxes, chogha zanbil, cyrus, daniel, darius, esther, ezra, iran, nehemiah, persia, shush, susa, xerxes, ziggurat