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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

According to the Lonely Planet guide to Iran, "Whenever important foreign delegations arrived [at Persepolis], their presence was heralded by trumpeters at the top of the [Grand Stairway] . . ." "Aco
According to the Lonely Planet guide to Iran, "Whenever important foreign delegations arrived [at Persepolis], their presence was heralded by trumpeters at the top of the [Grand Stairway] . .… © A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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