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Darius the Great Rock relief and inscription at Behistun, Iran, showing figures in profile and ancient script carved into a cliff. Bas-relief detail showing Xerxes I standing and Darius I seated, both with beards and elaborate robes, from the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran. Winged lion from Susa Darius I Ruins of the royal residence (looking south) at Persepolis, Iran, begun by Darius I and completed during the reigns of Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I, Achaemenian period, late 6th–4th century bc. Darius I seated before two incense burners, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard in the Treasury at Persepolis, late 6th–early 5th century bc; in the Archaeological Museum, Tehrān
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Darius I seated before two incense burners, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard in the Treasury at Persepolis, late 6th–early 5th century bc; in the Archaeological Museum, Tehrān
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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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A.T. Olmstead, History of the Persian Empire: Achaeminid Period (1948, reissued 1985).

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Corrected display issue. Jun 19, 2019
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Add new Web site: Heritage History - Darius the Great. Jan 17, 2014
Add new Web site: Ancient History Encyclopedia - Biography of Darius I. Jan 17, 2014
Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Darius I the Great. Jan 17, 2014
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Biography of Darius I. Jan 17, 2014
Image of enameled tile frieze from the palace of Darius I at Susa added. Oct 30, 2009
Added new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Darius The Great. Jun 08, 2009
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Added new Web site: The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - Darius I the Great. Jun 08, 2009
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