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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire

This photo provides a glimpse of the original stairs, which are worn from use over the centuries. I don't know whether the pyramidal devices at the edge of the staircase are functional, purely and mea
This photo provides a glimpse of the original stairs, which are worn from use over the centuries. I don't know whether the pyramidal devices at the edge of the staircase are functional, purely and… © A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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