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Old adobe buildings near the Towers of Silence sight, Yazd.
Date: 10/16/2009
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Old adobe buildings near the Towers of Silence sight, Yazd.
Date: 10/16/2009
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Golestan Palace, a 19th century group of buildings that were fashioned after the palaces of Europe, now turned into several museums.
Date: 10/16/2009
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View of the gardens of the 19th Century Golestan Palace, Tehran
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This room in the Golestan Palace had a marble throne, which was more the size of a queen sized marble bed.
Date: 10/16/2009
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Golestan Palace, 19th century, majority of walls are covered in colorful tiles.
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Many of the old city gates were destroyed, but this one survived as the Police Headquarters. If you look closely over the two side doors,you will see murals of bazookas.
Date: 10/16/2009
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Cuneiform writing on tablets "proclaiming the might and godly affinity of Xerxes," dated back to 5th Century BC -- National Museum of Iran, Tehran
Date: 10/16/2009
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Stone bull-headed capital from Persepolis in near perfect shape from 515 BC,, National Museum of Iran, Tehran
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1,700 year old man found in salt mines -- see next slide for greater description -- National Museum of Iran, Tehran
Date: 10/16/2009
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Date: 10/16/2009
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The front gate of the former US Embassy, you can still make out the US seal. The embassy was closed after hostages were taken during the 1979 revolution. It is now called the "US Den of Espionage."
Date: 10/16/2009
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