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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

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Babylonian version of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions known as XPc (Xerxes Persepolis c) from the western anta of the southern portico of the so-called Palace of Darius (building I) at Persepolis.
Babylonian version of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions known as XPc (Xerxes Persepolis c) from the western anta of the southern portico of the so-called Palace of Darius (building I) at Persepolis. © Nickmard Khoey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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