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.
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Here are some of my favourite sculptures.
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Here are some of my favourite sculptures.
Gate of All Nations
Bas relief in the
Apadana Palace
Unfinished Gate