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Part of a wall that contains a text in Persian

A portion of the wall shows a long written in Persian.
The wall is part of a building in the ancient city of Persepolis.
Persepolis also known as Takht-e-Jamshid was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550a??330 BC) and is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BC. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979

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Persepolis, Iran XAWC13650

Persepolis, Iran. The palace terrace complex was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire founded by Darius I in 518 BCE. Based on the model of Assyrian and Babylonian palaces, a succession of elements were added by succeeding great kings. The complex is thought to have met its end when Alexander the Great is reputed to have burned Persepolis after 330 BCE. Vertical aerial photograph taken by Aerofilms Ltd. 1950s

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Persepolis, a decorated scabbard

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