Persepolis: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Takht-e Jamshīd • Parsa • Takht-i Jamshīd

Photos

Persepolis, Iran: ruins of royal residence

Map of Iran and its neighboring countries showing the location of Persepolis in the southern part of Iran. Surrounding countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey are labeled, as are nearby bodies of water including the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. A small inset globe highlights the region's location within the world.

Persepolis, Iran: Apadana of Darius I

Apadana of Darius: stairway relief sculpture

Stone relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda with a winged disk, carved into the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran, against a clear blue sky.

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Topics

Susa Pasargadae Ecbatana Choghā Zanbīl Rayy Shahr-e Sokhta Takht-e Soleymān Hasanlu Hecatompylos Tepe Yahya

Iran

country, Asia

Map showing the extent of the Achaemenid Empire during the 6th and 5th centuries BC, shaded in light green and spanning from the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt through the Middle East to parts of Central Asia and the Indus Valley. Major regions, cities, and trade routes such as the Royal Road are labeled within the empire's boundaries.

ancient Iran

historical region, Asia

Key People

Darius the Great

Darius I

king of Persia

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.

Xerxes I

king of Persia

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.

Ancient Greece

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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