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Iran. Persepolis. Capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BC). Palatial city built by King Darius I and destroyed by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Staircase of the Palace of Xerxes (Hadish). The walls are decorated with Lion-Bull motifs (symbol of the time cycle of the day; lion represents the sun and the bull represents the night).
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Iran. Persepolis. Capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BC). Palatial city built by King Darius I and destroyed by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Staircase of the Palace of Xerxes (Hadish). The walls are decorated with Lion-Bull motifs (symbol of the time cycle of the day; lion represents the sun and the bull represents the night).
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Image size:
5551 x 3730 px | 59.2 MB
Print size:
47.0 x 31.6 cm | 18.5 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
5TH CENTURY BC • 5TH CENTURY • 5TH • 6TH CENTURY BC • ACHAEMENIAN • ACHAEMENID EMPIRE • ACHAEMENID PERIOD • ACHAEMENID • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT WORLD • ANIMAL: LION • ANT. OR.: ACHAEMENID PERIOD • ANT. OR.: IRAN • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • APADANA • AQUEMENIDA • AQUEMENIDAS • ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG • ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHAEOLOGY: EXCAVATION • ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHEOLOGY • ARCHITECTURAL • ARCHITECTURE • ARMY: SOLDIER • BAS RELIEF • BAS-RELIEF • BULL • BULLS • CASTLE • CIRCLE OF DAY • CITADEL • CITY WALL • CITYWALL • DARIUS I • DARIUS THE GREAT • DECORATED • EMBOSSED • EXCAVATION (ARCHAEOLOGY) • EXCAVATION, ARCHAEOLOGY • EXCAVATIONS • FARS PROVINCE • FORTIFICATION • FORTIFICATION: CITY WALL • FORTRESS • HADISH • HIGH WALL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • IRAN • IRAN: PERSEPOLIS • ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN • LADDER • LEO • LEON • LION • LION-BULL • LIONS • MIDDLE EAST • MOTIF • MYTH: PERSIAN • NIGHT • OLD PERSIA • PALACE OF XERXES • PALACE • PALACIO • PALAIS • PALATIAL CITY • PALAZZO • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PERIOD • PERSEPOLIS • PERSEPOLIS, IRAN • PERSIA • PERSIAN ART • PERSIAN KINGDOM • PERSIAN MYTH • PERSIAN • REIGN OF XERXES • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • REMAINS • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SOL • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • STAIR • STAIRCASE • STAIRS • STAIRWAY • STEP • STEPS • SUN • SUNBEAM • SUNSHINE • TAKHT-E-JAMSHID • TAUREAU • TORO • TROOPS • UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE • WALL • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • XERXES PALACE
