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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

Ruins of lamassu (bull-man) wall sculptures cut into the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis, Persia (Persis/Fars), southwestern Iran.
Ruins of lamassu (bull-man) wall sculptures cut into the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis, Persia (Persis/Fars), southwestern Iran. © Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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