These were the reasons I went to this city, but not the only ones—I also came for Persepolis, the ancient Persian capital ... in a different and detached perspective. As I went up the last ...

Persepolis is a standing ... Then in a drunken rage the Greeks burned the city to avenge for Xerxes' destruction of the Acropolis of Athens. However, an ancient historian wrote, “The Macedonians ...

Alireza Askari Chavardi told Mehr News local correspondent that the archeologists had been working to develop an insight into the functions of the ancient complex ... garden had been part of a city ...

Alexander the Great razed the ancient city of Persepolis But seen through Persian eyes, Alexander is far from "Great". He razed Persepolis to the ground following a night of drunken excess at the ...

In 316 BCE Persepolis was still the capital of Persis as a province of the Macedonian empire. The city gradually declined under the Seleucid kingdom and after, its ruins attesting its ancient glory.

from the southern city of Shiraz. "It is the foundation of Iran's history, culture and socio-cultural life." Persepolis features colossal sculptures and intricate stone reliefs of ancient Persian ...

The archaeological site known as Naqsh-e Rajab is just three kilometers north of the ruins of Persepolis, along the road to the Sasanian city Istakhr. The name means something like "The carvings of ...

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, Persepolis features colossal sculptures and intricate stone reliefs of ancient Persian kings, nobles and deities. But these have suffered over the years ...