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Wikipedia: Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty. 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 and Parseh.
![[Two Persian Soldiers in Persepolis(R)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PersepolistwoPersianSoldiers_s.jpg "Two Persian Soldiers in Persepolis(R)")
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![[Representation palace of Darius at Persepolis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_T_Chipiez_s.jpg "Representation palace of Darius at Persepolis")
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![[Persepolis in 1827]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Persepolis_1827_No_Border.jpg "Persepolis in 1827")
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![[Persian guards]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pers_C3_A9polis_La_Garde_s.jpg "Persian guards")
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![[Panoramic view from Persepolis.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/20101229_Top_panoramic_view_of_Persepolis_Iran_s.jpg "Panoramic view from Persepolis.")
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![[Panoramic view from Persepolis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PersepolisPanorama2007_s.jpg "Panoramic view from Persepolis")
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from Amalex5 |
![[Panoramic view from Persepolis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_Panorama_s.jpg "Panoramic view from Persepolis"){kind=small}
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![[Persepolis (R)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_1_s.jpg "Persepolis (R)")
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from GerardM |
![[A picture of Persepolis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nowruz_Zoroastrian_s.jpg "A picture of Persepolis")
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![[Lapis lazuli and paste plaque from Persepolis (National Museum of Iran)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Achaemenid_plaque_from_Persepolis_by_Nickmard_Khoey_s.jpg "Lapis lazuli and paste plaque from Persepolis (National Museum of Iran)")
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from Magnus_Manske |
from Nickmard Khoey |
![[Cuneiform inscription from the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cuneiform_inscriptions_from_Persepolis_by_Nickmard_Khoey_s.jpg "Cuneiform inscription from the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis")
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![[Graffiti from visitors.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_graffiti_s.jpg "Graffiti from visitors.")
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from Nickmard Khoey |
from Ardeshire Babakan |
![[Detail of a relief of the eastern stairs of the Apadana]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_stairs_of_the_Apadana_relief_s.jpg "Detail of a relief of the eastern stairs of the Apadana")
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![[The Apadana Palace, northern stairway (detail)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_Apadana_noerdliche_Treppe_Detail_s.jpg "The Apadana Palace, northern stairway (detail)")
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from Happolati |
![[Gate of All Nations.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/20101229_Gates_of_the_nations_Persepolis_Iran_s.jpg "Gate of All Nations.")
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![[This photo was taken by 'Asana Mashouf' If used outside Wikipedia, please credit: "Photo by Asana Mashouf" ...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Persepolis_recreated_s.jpg "This photo was taken by 'Asana Mashouf' If used outside Wikipedia, please credit: \"Photo by Asana Mashouf\" ...")
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from Ggia |
from Marmoulak |
![[Head of a bull that once guarded the entrance to the Hundred]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bull_head_oriental_institute_chicago_s.jpg "Head of a bull that once guarded the entrance to the Hundred")
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