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Persepolis, Iran - 30 Sep 2012: Persepolis ruins of the ancient Empire in Iran

One of the great wonders of the ancient world, Persepolis embodies not just a grand architectural scheme but also a grand idea. It was conceived by Darius the Great who, in 520 BC, inherited the responsibility for ruling the world's first known empire founded by his predecessor, Cyrus the Great. Embracing tenets such as cultural tolerance and fair treatment of all subjects, Darius sought to reflect these concepts in the design of the magnificent palace complex at Persepolis, inviting architects from the furthest corner of the Persian Empire to contribute to its construction. The result is an eclectic set of structures, including monumental staircases, exquisite reliefs and imposing gateways, that testified to the expanse of Darius' domain.

Dead Sea Scrolls inside the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Isaiah scroll are from the second century BCE, the most intact of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Aleppo Codex, dating from the 10th century CE, the oldest existing Hebrew Bible. They were discovered between 1947-1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran. Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Close-up photo of a lion head at the statue in the ancient city of Persepolis, Shiraz, Iran

The Karakuş Tumulus is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates II of Commagene in 30–20 BCE, near the modern village of Çukurtaş in Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey

Bas-relief in Persepolis ,the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire founded by Darius the Great (522-486 B.C ) Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty. Relief of Apadana place, destroyed by Alexander.

Kefalos ancient city from Kos island - Greece

Stone sculpture of griffin and columns of Apadana Palace built by Darius the Great, Persepolis, Iran. UNESCO world heritage site

Bull figure used as decorative capital statuary of a column in Persepolis of Shiraz against blue sky with white fluffy clouds.

The ancient city of Laodikeia. Denizli, Türkiye.

Karakus Tumulus comagene kingdom family cemetery Kahta Adiyaman Turkey

Jerash is the modern name of the remarkably well=preserved ancient city of Gerasa in Jordan, north of Amman. Inhabited since the Bronze Age, the ruins of the walled Greco-Roman settlement outside the modern city are more extensive than either Rome or Pompei. having been protected by and buried in sand for centuries. Featuring the 2nd-century Hadrian’s Arch, Corinthian columns of the Temple of Artemis and the huge Forum’s oval colonnade that leads to the Cado main thoroughfare

the Roman Ruins of Palmyra in Palmyra in the east of Syria.

Shiraz, Iran, 06.27.2023: Details of the ancient city of Persepolis

during the file inspection, my title was revised as “Ancient City Sardinians” which is a different place. The correct place shall be Sardis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardis

Beautiful roman ancient city of Jerash, Jordan

Volubilis is a partly-excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco situated near the city of Meknes.

Persepolis, the height of the glory of architecture and civilization

$Point detail of the Obelisk of Luxor in Place de la Concorde. The Place de la Concorde (French: 'Concord Square') is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. \nThe centrepiece of the place is an ancient Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramesses II. It is one of two which the Egyptian government gave to the French in the 19th century. The other one stayed in Egypt, too difficult and heavy to move to France with the technology at that time. On September 26, 1981, President François Mitterrand formally returned the title of the second obelisk to Egypt. The obelisk once marked the entrance to the Luxor Temple.$

Knidos was a Hellenic and during Byzantine period a city of high antiquity, situated on the Datca peninsula, Turkey. Today it's an open air museum with agora, theatre, an odeum, a temple of Dionysus, the Muses and Aphrodite, together with other minor buildings and sculptures

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Double Bull Capital on Fluted Column, Iran, Persepolis, Apadana, Achaemenid Period, reigns of Darius I and Xerxes, 522-465 BC, restored limestone - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07930.JPG

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Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a bull, Iran, Achaemenid period, late 6th or 5th century BC, hammered and cast silver - Cincinnati Art Museum - DSC03281.JPG

Colossal Bull Head, Iran, Persepolis, Hundred-Column Hall, Achaemenid Period, reigns of Xerxes and Artaxerxes I, 486-425 BC, restored limestone - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07935.JPG

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Column Capital in the Form of a Man-Bull, Iran, Persepolis, Tripylon, Achaemenid Period, reign of Xerxes, 586-465 BC, restored limestone - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07937.JPG

Fragment of wall decoration from the Palace of Xerxes, guardsman in procession, 486-465 BC, Achaemenid, Iran, Persepolis, gray limestone - Cleveland Museum of Art - DSC08093.JPG

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