Watercolour, crayon, computer
©2017 Charlene Brown
What I had expected to be the
highlight of our trip – Persepolis, built by Darius the Great in 515 BCE and
burned by the invading Greek army led by Alexander the Great not quite 200
years later – turned out to be everything I had hoped it would be, and more. We explored the entire site – with a guide who
continually referred to ‘Alexander the Not Great’ – from the statuary of the colonnaded
gates to the long bas relief-lined stairways up to elevated terraces and palace
ruins, and on up to the rock tombs from which the whole valley can be seen.
Here are some of my favourite sculptures.
Here are some of my favourite sculptures.
Gate of All Nations
Bas relief in the
Apadana Palace
Unfinished Gate
