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Which paired animals appear in the distinctive double-figure capitals of Persepolis?
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Iranian art and architecture
Ziggurat at Choghā Zanbīl near Susa, Iran.
The distinctive "double-figure" capitals found in Achaemenian architecture at Persepolis feature paired bulls, bull-men, or dragons.1