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Persepolis

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Long ago, there was a grand place.

پانوراما روز تخت جمشید.jpg
پانوراما روز تخت جمشید.jpg
It was a big home for kings. Many people came to see it. It was built on a high hill.
The stone columns of the Gate of All Nations, they were 16½ meters high and were topped with capitals in the form of a double bull, Persepolis, Iran (47779521811).jpg
The stone columns of the Gate of All Nations, they were 16½ meters high and were topped with capitals in the form of a double bull, Persepolis, Iran (47779521811).jpg
Now, it is a very old site. Can you imagine the kings there?

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File:Persepolis east side at spring.jpg
Persepolis east side at spring.jpg
File:Harold f Weston - Iran13.jpg
Harold f Weston - Iran13.jpg
File:Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse Incendie de Persepolis 1890.jpg
Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse Incendie de...
File:Joshua Reynoldsre thais.jpg
Joshua Reynoldsre thais.jpg
File:پانوراما روز تخت جمشید.jpg
پانوراما روز تخت جمشید.jpg
File:Persian frieze designs at Persepolis.jpg
Persian frieze designs at Persepolis.jpg
File:Lotus Achaemenid architecture.JPG
Lotus Achaemenid architecture.JPG
File:The stone columns of the Gate of All Nations, they were 16½ meters high and were topped with capitals in the form of a double bull, Persepolis, Iran (47779521811).jpg
The stone columns of the Gate of All...
File:Hall of Hundred Columns (Throne Hall) in Persepolis.jpg
Hall of Hundred Columns (Throne Hall) in...
File:Persepolis - Tomb of Artaxerxes III 01.jpg
Persepolis - Tomb of Artaxerxes III 01.jpg
File:Cuneiform inscriptions from Persepolis by Nickmard Khoey.jpg
Cuneiform inscriptions from Persepolis by...
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