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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
A New Persepolis?
A project started on December 31st 2007 by Iran’s Archeology Research Center and Australia’s Sydney University has announced the discovery of the ruins of an Achaemenid city while excavating near Nourabad Mamasani in Iran. Columns over a meter wide decorated with lotus designs and palm-leaf grooves, reminiscent of those found in Persepolis, were found in addition to a hall and marble staircase.

The Achaemenid Persian Empire was the first Persian of all the Persian empires to rule a significant portion of Iran. Its most famous emperor is Xerxes, who came very close to conquering Ancient Greece. The Achaemenid Empire was overthrown by Alexander the Great in 330BC. Among their accomplishments were the freeing of the Israelites from Babylon and instituting Aramaic.

There has been no announcement of opening up the site to the public as of yet. This discovery is the second discovery of a large ruin since December 2007. The other was in Peru (see An Incan Fortress Stands Tall­).

Written at 3:35 PM by Sebastien.
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