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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

Like most people, I wish whoever defaced this statue had found some other means of venting his rage. Imagine what a splendor it would be if the entire figure, face and all, were still largely intact
Like most people, I wish whoever defaced this statue had found some other means of venting his rage. Imagine what a splendor it would be if the entire figure, face and all, were still largely… © A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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