The Tachar palace One of the first palaces built on the platform of persepolis was a southward oriented building (looking towards the sun)on the southwest of the Apadana .The word tachar means ...

In 330 BC, the staircase was miraculously survived the sack of Persepolis by the soldiers of Alexander the ... The exceptionally carved friezes on the Apadana Staircase, Xerxes Gateway and Royal ...

The Apadana, which was used as a gathering hall for receptions, was the largest building in Persepolis. A relief on the stairway includes depictions of delegates to the Achaemenid royal court ...

This 13-ha ensemble of majestic approaches, monumental stairways, throne rooms (Apadana), reception rooms, and dependencies is classified among the world’s greatest archaeological sites. Persepolis ...

and the famous Apadana Palace, known for its exquisite bas-reliefs depicting scenes of ancient ceremonies and diverse ethnic groups within the empire. Persepolis is not only an archaeological ...

Work has also resumed on Column Base B2 in the northern portico of the Apadana Palace, one of the earliest and most important structures of the Persepolis complex. Originally built by Darius I the ...

Beyond Persepolis, other sites in Iran ... As Mohsen, a 41-year-old retiree from Ghazvin, stood before a ruined column of the Apadana palace, he said, "Maintaining this site is more important than our ...

An Iranian woman walks past Achaemenid figuers carved on the wall of the eastern stairway of the Apadana palace at the ruins of Persepolis near Shiraz in Iran on Sept. 26, 2014. AFP via Getty ...

Persepolis features colossal sculptures and ... As Mohsen, a 41-year-old retiree from Ghazvin, stood before a ruined column of the Apadana palace, he said, "Maintaining this site is more important ...