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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

The following text, known as XPa, is inscribed in the walls of the Gate of all Nations, the main gate to the terrace on which the Persepolis palaces have been built. A great God is Ahuramazda, who cr
The following text, known as XPa, is inscribed in the walls of the Gate of all Nations, the main gate to the terrace on which the Persepolis palaces have been built. A great God is Ahuramazda, who… © Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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