Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World WonderPersepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder presents the first full study of the history of archaeological exploration at Persepolis after its destruction in 330 BC. Based in part on archival evidence, anecdotal information, and unpublished documents, this book describes in detail the history of archaeological exploration, visual documentation, and excavations at one of the most celebrated sites of the ancient world. The book addresses a broad audience of readers ranging from students of the archaeology, history, and art history of ancient, medieval, and modern Iran to scholars in Classical Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. |
Contents
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A survey of the site its chronology and function | 9 |
II Persepolis in Flames | 57 |
The Afterlife of Persepolis Begins | 73 |
The Transformation of a Historical Site into a Mythical Symbol | 83 |
Western travellers explorations in Persia | 95 |
VI Persepolis and the puzzle of the cuneiform inscriptions | 113 |
VII The Nineteenth century and the emergence of archaeology | 123 |
VIII Persepolis at the Dawn of Scientific Archaeology in Iran | 155 |
19391979 | 193 |
Afterword | 215 |
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Achaemenid Alexander Alexander’s ancient antiquities Apadana archaeological architectural Artaxerxes Artaxerxes III Azita Azita Bina Bina and Elmar building Buyid century Chardin coins columned hall construction cuneiform Curzon Dānestanihāy-e novin Darius discovery Elmar Seibel collection Ernst Herzfeld excavations at Persepolis exploration Farhad Mirza Flandin Foundation tablets fragments French Gate Godard Greek Hadish Hakemi Harem Hundred Columns inscriptions Iranian Isfahan Istakhr Ker Porter king Krefter Kuh-e Rahmat Land of Pārs Macedonian main hall Marvdasht Middle Persian monuments Mostafavi Mousavi mud-brick Museum Naqsh-e Rustam Niebuhr Nowruz Old Persian Oriental Institute Palace of Darius Parsa Pasargadae Perse Persepo Persian Empire photographs platform polis portico published Qajar reconstruction reliefs royal ruins of Persepolis Sami Sasanian Schmidt scriptions sculptures sepolis Shah Shahbazi Shapur Shiraz Southern plain staircase stone structures Susa Tachara Tadjvidi Takht-e Jamshid Tehran Terrace throne Tilia tion tomb travellers Treasury wall Wiesehöfer Xerxes