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Ancient Persia:

Persepolis

on a site chosen by cyrus the great

work Began in 515 BC by command of Darius king of kings and was completed by his son Xerxes 30 years later

In 330 BC The site was pillaged and burned by Alexander the Great

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AerialViewPersepolis.jpg

I took over 1,000 images on 6 november 2008, over 500 are available for license

including some of the objects of art in the museum on site and including

the nearby Royal necropolis at Nakshi Rostam.

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However, these images are protected by copyright law and may not be copied for any purpose by any means without prior permission. These images are available, for educational purposes, in high resolution digital format for academic

use to interested scholars and institutions upon inquiry at drkiracofe@interamericaninstitute.org