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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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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
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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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Darius the Great
This chromolithograph of a frieze at Susa depicts attendants serving Darius I.
© Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Darius's trilingual inscription at Bisotun, Iran
© Jean-Philippe Tournut—Moment/Getty Images
Darius I seated before two incense burners with crown prince Xerxes I standing behind him, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard in the Treasury of Persepolis, late 6th–early 5th century bce; in the Archaeological Museum, Tehran
© Suzuki Kaku/Alamy
Winged lion from Susa
Winged lion with ram's head and griffin's hind legs, enameled tile frieze from the...
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Darius I
Darius I seated before two incense burners, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard...
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
Ruins of the royal residence (looking south) at Persepolis, Iran, begun by Darius...
J.C. Stevenson/Peter Arnold, Inc.
Darius I seated before two incense burners, detail of a bas-relief of the north courtyard...
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
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