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<< Our Photo Pages >> Persepolis - Ancient Palace in Iran

Submitted by KiwiBetsy on Saturday, 14 October 2006  Page Views: 11798

Multi-periodSite Name: Persepolis Alternative Name: Takhet Jamshid, Takht-e Jamshid, Throne of Jamshid
Country: Iran Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Shiraz  Nearest Village: Marv Dasht
Latitude: 29.933300N  Longitude: 52.900003E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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1Awful
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5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by KiwiBetsy : View of Persepolis taken from near one of three rock tombs on a terrace behind the site. Site known as Takhet Jamshid in Persian (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Palace in Fars (Iran).
Persepolis is located about 50 kilometres northeast of the city of Shiraz. It was founded by Darius I in about 518BC and was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The site was named Persepolis by the Greeks but in Iran it is known as Takhet Jamshid.

Persepolis was destroyed by fire by Alexander the Great in 330BC (only 200 years after it’s completion). Alexander is said to have carried away the treasures on “20000 mules and 5000 camels”.

The site was identified in 1620 before which it lay buried (and protected) by it’s own ruins. The first organised excavations did not take place until the 1930’s.

Persepolis has a huge carpark but when we visited in July 1998 we had it completely to ourselves except for our guide and the staff. Just as we left a small group of French visitors arrived. July is of course midsummer in Iran and we were very pleased that we had gone to Persepolis early …. when we left at around 11am after about 2 hours, it was getting hot with a warm wind blowing.
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Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by Jansold : General view. Site in Iran (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Persepolis submitted by Jansold : Gate of all Nations Site in Iran (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The guardian bull figures at the Gate of All Lands with the wings of an eagle, body of a bull and head of a man. April 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by Jansold : Tomb of Artaxerxes II. Site in Iran (Vote or comment on this photo)

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The Gate of All Lands. April 2014.

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The Gate of All Lands. April 2014.

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The Apadana. April 2014

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The western of the two rock cut tombs above the complex. April 2014.

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The eastern of two rock cut tombs above the main complex. April 2014

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The Treasury ruins from which Alexander the Great looted 120,000 Talents of silver. April 2014.

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Xerxes Hadish Palace at Persepolis. April 2014.

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Persepolis. April 2014.

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by Jansold : The Tachara Palace. Site in Iran

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Detail of the westernmost of the two rock cut tombs above the main complex. April 2014.

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Inscriptions on the walls of the Tachara. April 2014.

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Reliefs on the Tachara Walls. April 2014.

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Persepolis. April 2014.

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : The second guardian bull figure at the Gate of All Lands with the wings of an eagle, body of a bull and head of a man. April 2014.

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Persepolis submitted by Jansold : Processional stairway to the palace. Site in Iran

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by Jansold : Bas relief detail - the Bull represents the moon at the Zoroastrian Nowruz, festival of the spring equinox. Site in Iran

Persepolis
Persepolis submitted by Jansold : Bas relief detail - the Lion represents the sun at the Zoroastrian Nowruz, festival of the spring equinox. Site in Iran

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : Persepolis. April 2014

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons : One of the side panels at the Apadana Palace. April 2014

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Persepolis submitted by DrewParsons

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Iran publishes Persepolis petroglyph translations by coldrum on Friday, 02 October 2009
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Iran publishes Persepolis petroglyph translations

Iran's Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (CGIE) has published Persian translations of a number of Persepolis petroglyphs.

The inscriptions have been translated by Iranian linguist and inscriptions expert Abdolmajid Arfaei and published in a book titled Translations of Persepolis Walls.

In an interview with ISNA News Agency, Arfaei said that the book contains 164 texts translated between 1998 and 2003.

“The original texts belong to Iran's National Museum and there might still be some inscriptions which have not been translated,” Arfaei said.

“The book includes Persian and English introductions as well as a Persian grammar section,” he added, saying that the English preface contains information on the original location of the inscriptions and the people who used them during the Achaemenid era.

Arfaei who is an Elamite language expert and the founder of the Inscriptions Hall of Iran's National Museum has also translated over 2,500 Persepolis inscriptions, which are housed at the University of Chicago.

His Decree of Cyrus the Great is a detailed account of the inscriptions on the Cyrus Cylinder, considered to be the world's first charter of human rights.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102613§ionid=351020105
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