PERSEPOLIS (Taḵt-e Jamšid), The Apadana stairway (Achaemenidperiod, ca. 550 to 330 B.C.): Gift-bearing delegations; perhaps for celebratingNowruz, thePersianNew Year festival, at the spring equinox.
PERSEPOLIS (called Taḵt-e Jamšid “Jamšid’s Throne” in Persian), the ruined monuments of the acropolis of the city of Pārsa, the dynastic center of the Achaemenid Persian kings, located in the plain of Marvdašt, some 57 km northeast of Shiraz. One of the best-known sites of the ancient world, Persepolis was registered by the UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage in 1979. more
Achaemenid Relief of a Gift Bearer from Persepolis; Southern Iran, Persepolis, 500-450 B.C.
نقش یک مرد که هدیهای به پیشگاه شاهنشاه هخامنشی میبرد با گلهای نیلوفر آبی در بالا، از مجموعه تخت جمشید که در بیست و پنج قرن پیش ساخته شده و هم اکنون در موزه هنر لوس آنجلس نگهداری میشود.
In this fragment from a larger relief, a man is depicted carrying a covered vessel. His dress suggests that he's a nobleman from Media, an area that stretches from present-day Turkey to Iran. The fragment was probably a part of the decorated staircase of Tachara, the private palace of Darius I the Great (reigned 521–486 B.C.). Built by Darius I, Tachara is one of the magnificent palaces located in the capital Persepolis (present-day Iran). The complex underwent a period of construction that stretched for over 60 years and is made up of numerous buildings situated on raised ground and platforms... more
PERSEPOLIS (called Taḵt-e Jamšid “Jamšid’s Throne” in Persian), the ruined monuments of the acropolis of the city of Pārsa, the dynastic center of the Achaemenid Persian kings, located in the plain of Marvdašt, some 57 km northeast of Shiraz. One of the best-known sites of the ancient world (FIGURE 1), Persepolis was registered by the UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage in 1979. more
"Persepolis From the Air" is a film featured in the Oriental Institute's special exhibit "Persepolis: Images of an Empire" (October 13, 2015–September 11, 2016). This exhibit, curated by Oriental Institute Curator Kiersten Neumann, PhD, presents large-format photographs taken during the Oriental Institute Persian Expedition of 1931–1939...
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