| The magnificent remains of Persepolis provide a glimpse of Achaemenid wealth and power. |
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| This has been true since Achaemenid times, as a visit to the ruins of their capital, Persepolis, will attest. |
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| It saw the appearance and spread of Zoroastrianism, and some spectacular architecture at, for example, Darius' capital at Persepolis. |
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| Our bus has been chugging uphill out of the city of Shiraz in southern Iran on the road to Persepolis, the ancient Persian capital. |
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| The visual art that survives includes awe-inspiring stone friezes that are carved in delicate relief in the Assyrian manner from the Kings' palace at Persepolis. |
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| Intended by the Achaemenid emperor Darius I to be his grand capital, Persepolis was torched by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. before it was even completed. |
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| The first calendar was located in inscriptions at Persepolis, an ancient Persian city located near the present city of Shiraz that was the symbolic capital of the Achaemenids. |
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| Persepolis overcomes this problem through two simple techniques. |
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| The figures at Persepolis remain bound by the rules of grammar and syntax of visual language. |
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| Archaeologists say that during the Achaemenid period Persepolis had an advanced drainage system for disposing of surface water. |
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| Persepolis edged Rah Ahan 3-2 at Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Thursday evening. |
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| A relief sculpture of Ahura Mazda stands among the ruins of Persepolis in Iran. |
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| He has been all among the worshippers of Fire in Persia and has seen Persepolis and all that. |
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| Leaving Russia, he traveled through Central Asia to Persia, where he stayed in Tabriz, Tehran, Persepolis, and Shiraz. |
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| He sent the bulk of his army to the Persian ceremonial capital of Persepolis via the Persian Royal Road. |
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| On entering Persepolis, Alexander allowed his troops to loot the city for several days. |
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| Years later upon revisiting the city he had burnt, Alexander regretted the burning of Persepolis. |
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| The reliefs at Persepolis show processions of figures bearing varied types of tribute. |
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| It is located near the ruins of Persepolis and Pasargadae, two of the four capitals of the Achaemenid Empire. |
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| Later Achaemenid used Urartu architecture in Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Susa Apadana. |
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| In ancient times, the storm sewers diverted rainwater flowing down from Mount Rahmat away from the platform on which Persepolis is built, thus saving it from being undermined. |
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| Other ancient palaces include the Assyrian palaces at Nimrud and Nineveh, the Minoan palace at Knossos, and the Persian palaces at Persepolis and Susa. |
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| 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. |
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