attacking a bull.(Borna_Mir/ Adobe Stock) As visitors to Persepolis, capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, entered the city, they would approach a stone terrace on which a palatial precinct ...

The topmost bas-relief depicting a lion attacking a bull is a recurrent theme among Persepolis sculptures. Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of Achaemenid Empire (550 –330 BC). Open to ...

Also known as Takht-e Jamshid, Persepolis ranks among the archaeological sites ... Columns were topped with elaborate capitals; typical was the double-bull capital where, resting on double volutes, ...

The ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. This is a rare place that ...

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps seized the capital from armed smugglers in Kerman a few days ... Neither the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization nor officials responsible for the Persepolis ...

The lion and the bull have been fighting, locked in stone, for nearly 2,500 years—ever since an ancient sculptor carved them into a slab of black limestone and set them into a monumental staircase at ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Persepolis is one of the ancient sites of Iran, which for many years has been the capital during the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis, Old Persian Parsa, or modern Takht-e Jamshid ...

Persepolis FC was named after the historical landmark, Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire and, thus, the club logo incorporates elements from one of Iran's most revered landmarks.

The inscription of Darius I, known as the "First Command of Darius the Great," is the largest inscription at Persepolis, the ancient ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Experts and ...

Persepolis existed for 14 centuries until Alexander the Great burnt it to the ground. Presenter Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis takes a trip to the ruins of the ancient capital of the Persian Empire located ...