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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

Foreground: Part of the Palace of 100 Columns in Persepolis Background: Tomb of King Artaxerxes III
Foreground: Part of the Palace of 100 Columns in Persepolis Background: Tomb of King Artaxerxes III © Elessar2008, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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