Persepolis
Persepolis also known as Takht-e Jamshid, literally meaning "city of Persians", was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province in Iran.UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa.
Persepolis also known as Takht-e Jamshid, literally meaning "city of Persians", was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province in Iran.UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa.
earliest remains of Persepolis
Archaeological evidence shows that the earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BC. André Godard, the French archaeologist who excavated Persepolis in the early 1930s, believed that it was Cyrus the Great (Kūrosh) who chose the site of Persepolis, but that it was Darius I (Daryush) who built the terrace and the great palaces.
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