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  • ziggurat
    Iranian art and architecture
    / Architecture

    …Achaemenian design is the ā€œdouble-figureā€ impost (an upper addition to the capital), taking the form of paired bulls, bull-men, or dragons. Some of these features reappear in the contemporary palace at Susa. Also from this source are figured panels of molded and glazed brick, reminiscent of Nebuchadrezzar’s Babylon.

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    …Achaemenian design is the ā€œdouble-figureā€ impost (an upper addition to the capital), taking the form of paired bulls, bull-men, or dragons. Some of these features reappear in the contemporary palace at Susa. Also from this source are figured panels of molded and glazed brick, reminiscent of Nebuchadrezzar’s Babylon.

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