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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

Bas-relief the lion-bull combat in Persepolis—a symbol which has been variously interpreted, including as the symbol of the Nowruz (the Persian New Year's Day)—in day of a spring equinox power of eter
Bas-relief the lion-bull combat in Persepolis—a symbol which has been variously interpreted, including as the symbol of the Nowruz (the Persian New Year's Day)—in day of a spring equinox power of… © Anatoly Terentiev, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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