Persepolis

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Persepolis, Iran: ruins of royal residence

Persepolis, Iran: Apadana of Darius I

Apadana of Darius: stairway relief sculpture

Persepolis, Iran: Ahura Mazda

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Persepolis, Iran: ruins of royal residence

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Also Known As	Takht-e Jamshīd • Parsa • Takht-i Jamshīd

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Persepolis, Iran: ruins of royal residence

Persepolis, Iran: Apadana of Darius I

Apadana of Darius: stairway relief sculpture

Persepolis, Iran: Ahura Mazda

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Susa Pasargadae Ecbatana Choghā Zanbīl Rayy Shahr-e Sokhta Takht-e Soleymān Hasanlu Hecatompylos Tepe Yahya

Iran

Achaemenian dynasty

ancient Iran

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Darius I

Darius I

king of Persia

Xerxes I

Xerxes I

king of Persia

Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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