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C 63: Persepolis, Great Terrace inscription. Old Persian text, 69b.

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Chicago Tribune

At 2,500 years old, Persepolis still amazes

The ancient Persian capital Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. My main regret in traveling ...
Artnet

The Legendary Persian City Alexander the Great Tried—and Failed—to Destroy

“The Macedonians spent the whole day in pillage but still could not satisfy their inexhaustible greed.” This is how Diodorus of Sicily, a Greek historian and author of the Bibliotheca historica, ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

TRAVEL IN EUROPE: Majestic, 2,500-year-old Persepolis is the heart of Iran

PERSEPOLIS, Iran - The ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. This is a ...
The Hindu

Stone-eaters that threaten Iran’s ancient Persepolis

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments. The fight, ...