Detail View: SHIMMER: Takht-e Jamshid / Persepolis
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Title:
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Takht-e Jamshid / Persepolis
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Caption:
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(Throne of Jamshid) / also known as Persepolis or Parseh
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Image Date:
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1971
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Period:
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6th century bc
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Start Date:
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518 bc
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Location:
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Takht-e Jamshid, Fars
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Country:
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IRAN
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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10-1473
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Description:
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Interior detail: section of frieze from the Hall of Xerses. [Photographed in 1971] Darius the Great (550486 BC) begun the construction of buildings at this site, which lasted throughout the Achmaeninid Empire, until 330 BC when they were looted and burnt by Alexander the Great. World Heritage Site.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Photographed by:
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John Edge
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 600-500 BC
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Iran -- Persepolis
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Subject Heading:
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Palaces
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage tourism -- Iran
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Subject Heading:
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Historic sites
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Subject Heading:
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World Heritage areas
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Subject Heading:
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Relief (Sculpture), Achmaenid
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