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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

Double-griffin capital locally known as "homa birds" probably from the Unfinished Gate, Persepolis, Iran
Double-griffin capital locally known as "homa birds" probably from the Unfinished Gate, Persepolis, Iran © Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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