Monday, January 14, 2013
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Achaemenid guards at Perseopolis,(Restoring Persepolis one picture at a time...)
Achaemenid guards at Perseopolis,(Restoring Persepolis one picture at a time...), a photo by mehr-zad on Flickr.
Persepolis (Old Persian= Pārsa, Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid). The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa, which means "The City of Persians". Persepolis is a transliteration of the Greek Πέρσης πόλις (Persēs polis: "Persian city").
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Artaxerxes II tomb in Persepolis, Iran.
Artaxerxes II Mnemon (Persian: اردشير دوم) (Old Persia meaning "whose reign is through truth"); was king of Persia from 404 BC until his death. He was a son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis.
If you like to learn more about Artaxerxes II of Persia:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaxerxes_II_of_Persia
