The ancient city of Susa was a major Persian city, capital of the First Persian Empire and a place to escape in the brutal summer heat near the Persian Gulf. It is the setting for the book of Esher. It is mentioned briefly in Ezra 4:9 as the city of the Elamites and Nehemiah 1:1 as the city in which Nehemiah lived as cupbearer to the king. Daniel has a vision there in Daniel 8:2. Later Susa will claim the tomb of Daniel and when Muslims invaded Susa a thousand years later, the alleged locations of Daniel's remains had been apparently given a magical, cult-like reverence. Unoccupied now, ancient Susa is located near the modern town of Shush, Iran.
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