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More of Persepolis ruins, 513 BC
Date: 10/11/2009
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Palace of 100 Columns was the second-largest building at Persepolis.
Date: 10/11/2009
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Those archeologists think of everything!
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Typical Persepolis style bas-relief staggered the soldiers two by two so both faces could be seen.
Date: 10/11/2009
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Aerial view of Persepolis taken from one of the tombs up on the hill.
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Reliefs on the door jams show a king, soldiers, and representatives of 28 subject nations
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Michele and Trisha chasing shade
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Nomad tents -- Iran is estimated to be home to a million nomads who migrate to find grazing land for their sheep and goats.
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One of four "rock tombs" of Naqsh-e Rostam, believed to be the tombs of Darius I & II, Xerxes I, and Artaxerxes I, once rulers of Persepolis
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Giving a little size-perspective to the rock carvings at Naqsh-e Rostam, depicting scenes of imperial conquests and royal ceremonies.
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Some of the older reliefs of Naqsh-e Rostam are believed to date back 1,000BC.
Date: 10/11/2009
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This one was for my Dad, the farmer...
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