Visit Persepolis, Iran
Smothered in sand and rock until the 1930s, the amazing site of Persepolis was once a religious and cultural powerhouse, dominating peoples as disparate as the Scythians of Siberia and the Copts of Ethiopia.
Beneath the searing heat of the Persian sun, backed by Mount Rahmat, lie the ruins of the once-great Achaemenid Empire.
Smothered in sand and rock until the 1930s, this amazing site was once a religious and cultural powerhouse, dominating peoples as disparate as the Scythians of Siberia and the Copts of Ethiopia.
Persepolis succumbed finally to Alexander the Great, whose thirst for conquest was so thoroughly saked here that he left only rubble – though this alone is supremely impressive, reminding the casual visitor of the sheer depth and longevity of Persian history and culture. Anyone with even a passing interest in Antiquity should make a visit here their first priority.
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