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Iran: Remains of the First Persian Empire
All photos copyright 2005 Keith Mellnick
Persepolis
Religious capital of the First Persian Empire, 6th C. BC
Naqsh-E Rostam
Tombs of the Great Achaemenid kings Darius the Great, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, and Darius II
Pasargadae
Cyrus the Great's capital and tomb
