Six cities claim the Tomb of Daniel, the most famous being that in Susa, in southern Iran, at a site known as Shush-e Daniyal. While some conservative scholars hold that Daniel existed and his book was written in the 6th century BCE, most scholars agree that Daniel is not a historical figure and that much of the book is a cryptic allusion to the reign of the 2nd century BCE Hellenistic king Antiochus IV Epiphanes. According to the Hebrew Bible, Daniel was a noble Jewish youth of Jerusalem taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, serving the king and his successors with loyalty and ability until the time of the Persian conqueror Cyrus, all the while remaining true to the God of Israel. Daniel ( Aramaic and Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, romanized: Dānīyyēʾl, lit.'God is my Judge' Greek: Δανιήλ, romanized: Daniḗl Arabic: دانيال, romanized: Dāniyāl) is the main character of the Book of Daniel.
