| The ever challenging identification of delegates on the reliefs of the stairways of the Apadana palace is discussed in some length on pp. |
| The possible restoration of Susa's Apadana Palace was also on the agenda. |
| Apadana means a grand hall supported by columns, the most famous example of which is Persepolis, the ancient ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid empire in modern Iran. |
| He convincingly shows how the imperial imagery in the Persian Apadana also occurs in Isaiah 60, which he attributes to Trito-Isaiah. |
| He then discusses the close relationship between the form of the Apadana and its function, tying it to its precursors at Susa and Pasargadae. |
| Later Achaemenid used Urartu architecture in Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Susa Apadana. |
