Visual Index of Persepolis Sites (Site name and description)
Naqsh-e Rustam Tombs Naqsh-e Rustam Tombs (17th-6th c. BCE onward)
Tombs of the Achaemenid-era kings. 		Persepolis Persepolis (C. 515 - 330 BCE)
The ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire.

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All images copyright 2009 Sanaz Shirshekar. Photographed April 2009.

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