Achaemenid Gallery

Doors, windows and walls of the Palace of Persepolis, Syria

Doors, windows and walls in the ruins of the Palace of Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Syria. Porte, finestre, mura, del palazzo di Persepoli. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847

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Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital

Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier's Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Date:

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Iran. Persepolis. Palace of Darius I. Relief and cuneiform i

Palace of Darius I (522-486 BC). Reliefs of the outer wall of the staircase of the Apadana depicting In the center, cuneiform inscription describing the construction of a staircase in the Palace of Persepolis by King Artaxerxes III Oco (425-388 BC). On either side are three rows of figures walking to the center. On the left, a man with clothing meda directs each group. On the right, does the same a man with Persian clothing. Persepolis. Copy by the original preserved in their original place (Iran), 1892. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans