News and stories from Iran
7 stories set in Iran, including Elam (Khuzestan), Parsa, Iran, Persepolis, Pasargadae, Iran, near Persepolis, Mount Behistun, Iran, Susa, Iran.
Stories in Iran
- Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil: a world wonder of c. 1250 BCE (World Wonder · Elam (Khuzestan)) — c. 1250 BCE, Elam (Khuzestan). Untash-Napirisha built the best-preserved ziggurat on Earth for Inshushinak, far from the Babylon tourist cir
- Apadana of Persepolis: a world wonder of c. 518 BCE (World Wonder · Parsa, Iran) — c. 518 BCE, Parsa, Iran. Darius I’s audience hall held 72 columns; stairway reliefs freeze a United Nations of the empire bringing New Year
- Gate of All Nations: a world wonder of c. 486 BCE (World Wonder · Persepolis) — c. 486 BCE, Persepolis. Xerxes’ gateway funneled every embassy between colossal lamassu-like bulls before they saw the Apadana.
- Tomb of Cyrus at Pasargadae: a world wonder of c. 530 BCE (World Wonder · Pasargadae, Iran) — c. 530 BCE, Pasargadae, Iran. A gabled stone house on six steps in a garden capital — modest beside later Achaemenid cliffs, and more influe
- Tombs of Naqsh-e Rustam: a world wonder of c. 500 BCE (World Wonder · near Persepolis) — c. 500 BCE, near Persepolis. Darius and his heirs cut cruciform façades into a cliff, each a palace front for a king who would never come ou
- Behistun Inscription: a world wonder of c. 520 BCE (World Wonder · Mount Behistun, Iran) — c. 520 BCE, Mount Behistun, Iran. Darius had his coup carved 100 metres up a cliff in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian — a Rosetta Stone
- Palace of Darius at Susa: a world wonder of c. 521 BCE (World Wonder · Susa, Iran) — c. 521 BCE, Susa, Iran. Darius advertised the materials: cedar of Lebanon, gold of Bactria, ivory of Ethiopia — a supply-chain inscription f
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