enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Persepolis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis

    His report on the ruins of Persepolis was published as part of his Relaçam in 1611. [ 29 ] In 1618, García de Silva Figueroa , King Philip III of Spain 's ambassador to the court of Abbas I , the Safavid monarch, was the first Western traveler to link the site known in Iran as "Chehel Minar" as the site known from Classical authors as Persepolis.

  3. Tachara - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachara

    Ruins of the Tachara, Persepolis. Tachara palace. The Tachara stands back to back to the Apadana, and is oriented southward. [5] Measuring 1,160 square meters (12,500 square feet), it is the smallest of the palace buildings on the Terrace at Persepolis.

  4. Gate of All Nations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_of_All_Nations

    Location; Location: Persepolis, Marvdasht, Iran: ... is located in the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis, ... Persepolis: Gate of All Nations ...

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Iran - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage...

    The site’s monumental ruins which have withstood the passages of time highlight both the empire’s grandeur and the remarkable craftsmanship of its builders. These imposing edifices and detailed reliefs are emblematic of the architectural and cultural might of the Achaemenid Empire, making Persepolis an unparalleled archaeological treasure ...

  6. Apadana - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apadana

    Apadana (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴, [apəˈdänə] or [äpəˈdänə]) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 6th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Great. Its construction was completed by Xerxes I. Modern ...

  7. Achaemenid architecture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_architecture

    Achaemenid architecture includes all architectural achievements of the Achaemenid Persians manifesting in construction of spectacular cities used for governance and inhabitation (Persepolis, Susa, Ecbatana), temples made for worship and social gatherings (such as Zoroastrian temples), and mausoleums erected in honor of fallen kings (such as the burial tomb of Cyrus the Great).

  8. Persepolis Administrative Archives - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_Administrative...

    The Persepolis Fortification Archive (PFA), also known as Persepolis Fortification Tablets (PFT, PF), is a fragment of Achaemenid administrative records of receipt, taxation, transfer, storage of food crops (cereals, fruit), livestock (sheep and goats, cattle, poultry), food products (flour, breads and other cereal products, beer, wine, processed fruit, oil, meat), and byproducts (animal hides ...

  9. García de Silva Figueroa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/García_de_Silva_Figueroa

    Don García de Silva Figueroa (December 29, 1550 – July 22, 1624) was a Spanish diplomat, and the first Western traveller to correctly identify the ruins of Takht-e Jamshid in Persia as the location of Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire and one of the great cities of antiquity.