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Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran. Stone ruins of Xerxes Palace in Persepolis, Iran, featuring tall doorways and columns with carved details under a clear blue sky. Persian cuneiform from the Xerxes inscription at Persepolis Gustave Doré: illustration of Esther and Ahasuerus
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Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
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Xerxes I, 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
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Persepolis: Palace of Xerxes
Xerxes' Palace at Persepolis, the ancient capital of Iran that was designated a UNESCO...
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Persian cuneiform from the Xerxes inscription at Persepolis
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
Gustave Doré: illustration of Esther and Ahasuerus
Esther in the presence of the Persian king Ahasuerus, illustration by Gustave Doré,...
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