Carved reliefs of palace guard, Apadana palace staircase, Persepolis,
"The Cypress of Kashmar and Zoroaster"
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East
"The Cypress of Kashmar and Zoroaster"
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East
August 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Carved reliefs of palace guard, Apadana palace staircase, Persepolis,
"The Cypress of Kashmar and Zoroaster"
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East
"The Cypress of Kashmar and Zoroaster"
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East
Happy #Nowruz to everyone around the world celebrating the Persian New Year! 🌱🌿🌸
📸 Reliefs from the Apadana of Persepolis with gift-bearing delegations celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival at the spring equinox.
📸 Reliefs from the Apadana of Persepolis with gift-bearing delegations celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival at the spring equinox.
March 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Happy #Nowruz to everyone around the world celebrating the Persian New Year! 🌱🌿🌸
📸 Reliefs from the Apadana of Persepolis with gift-bearing delegations celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival at the spring equinox.
📸 Reliefs from the Apadana of Persepolis with gift-bearing delegations celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival at the spring equinox.
A 2,500-year-old gold foundation tablet of Darius the Great, dating to circa 518–515 BC, was buried beneath the corners of the Apadana Palace at Persepolis.
Written in Old Persian, Elamite & Babylonian Akkadian, it served as a royal time capsule preserving Darius’s legacy for eternity.
#History
Written in Old Persian, Elamite & Babylonian Akkadian, it served as a royal time capsule preserving Darius’s legacy for eternity.
#History
August 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
A 2,500-year-old gold foundation tablet of Darius the Great, dating to circa 518–515 BC, was buried beneath the corners of the Apadana Palace at Persepolis.
Written in Old Persian, Elamite & Babylonian Akkadian, it served as a royal time capsule preserving Darius’s legacy for eternity.
#History
Written in Old Persian, Elamite & Babylonian Akkadian, it served as a royal time capsule preserving Darius’s legacy for eternity.
#History
📍 Persepolis, Iran
Apadana‑Palast, Relief (Detail)
UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe seit 1979
Apadana‑Palast, Relief (Detail)
UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe seit 1979
April 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
📍 Persepolis, Iran
Apadana‑Palast, Relief (Detail)
UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe seit 1979
Apadana‑Palast, Relief (Detail)
UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe seit 1979
Aziraphale and Crowley holding hands on a wall in Persepolis, ancient Persia.
May 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Aziraphale and Crowley holding hands on a wall in Persepolis, ancient Persia.
Chapiteau à avant-train (protomé) de taureau
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
August 5, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Chapiteau à avant-train (protomé) de taureau
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
Part 148 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Scepter of Darius the Great (522–486 BC). Crafted from gold and lapis lazuli, it was discovered in the Apadana Palace in Persepolis.
Scepter of Darius the Great (522–486 BC). Crafted from gold and lapis lazuli, it was discovered in the Apadana Palace in Persepolis.
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Part 148 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Scepter of Darius the Great (522–486 BC). Crafted from gold and lapis lazuli, it was discovered in the Apadana Palace in Persepolis.
Scepter of Darius the Great (522–486 BC). Crafted from gold and lapis lazuli, it was discovered in the Apadana Palace in Persepolis.
En timme persisk schlager rikare och en femhunka fattigare.
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
En timme persisk schlager rikare och en femhunka fattigare.
Apparently, it's #WorldBeardDay: a beautiful example of a beard is depicted on the so-called Apadana reliefs at the residence of the Achaemenid Great Kings at Persepolis/#Iran.
Photo: taken by me
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Photo: taken by me
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September 7, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Apparently, it's #WorldBeardDay: a beautiful example of a beard is depicted on the so-called Apadana reliefs at the residence of the Achaemenid Great Kings at Persepolis/#Iran.
Photo: taken by me
🏺
Photo: taken by me
🏺
Chapiteau à avant-train (protomé) de taureau
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
September 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Chapiteau à avant-train (protomé) de taureau
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
Élément de la salle d'audience (Apadana) du palais de Darius Ier
Musée du Louvre
References:
Apadana staircase Libyan delegate (image by Bernd81), Libyan from the tomb of Xerxes I (image by A.Davey), Herodotus' Histories 7.71.
Apadana staircase Libyan delegate (image by Bernd81), Libyan from the tomb of Xerxes I (image by A.Davey), Herodotus' Histories 7.71.
June 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
References:
Apadana staircase Libyan delegate (image by Bernd81), Libyan from the tomb of Xerxes I (image by A.Davey), Herodotus' Histories 7.71.
Apadana staircase Libyan delegate (image by Bernd81), Libyan from the tomb of Xerxes I (image by A.Davey), Herodotus' Histories 7.71.
O texto cuneiforme diz "Do Apadana (salão de audiências) de Artaxerxes, grande rei, rei dos reis, filho do rei Dario."
July 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
O texto cuneiforme diz "Do Apadana (salão de audiências) de Artaxerxes, grande rei, rei dos reis, filho do rei Dario."
Coluna de Trajano: inaugurada em 113 d.C., para comemorar a conquista da Dácia, representa a "superioridade" de Roma sobre outras nações.
Apadana: Século V a.C representa trinta e três nações convivendo juntas em harmonia.
É por isso que os fascistas gostam tanto de saudação romana.
Apadana: Século V a.C representa trinta e três nações convivendo juntas em harmonia.
É por isso que os fascistas gostam tanto de saudação romana.
July 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Coluna de Trajano: inaugurada em 113 d.C., para comemorar a conquista da Dácia, representa a "superioridade" de Roma sobre outras nações.
Apadana: Século V a.C representa trinta e três nações convivendo juntas em harmonia.
É por isso que os fascistas gostam tanto de saudação romana.
Apadana: Século V a.C representa trinta e três nações convivendo juntas em harmonia.
É por isso que os fascistas gostam tanto de saudação romana.
June 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
January 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Tintin and the Lies under Apadana
Credit: Pendar Yousefi/Legofish
Credit: Pendar Yousefi/Legofish
April 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tintin and the Lies under Apadana
Credit: Pendar Yousefi/Legofish
Credit: Pendar Yousefi/Legofish
(Apadana de Persépolis***)
March 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
(Apadana de Persépolis***)
Apparently it's #WorldBeardDay: a beautiful example of a beard is depicted on the so-called Apadana reliefs at the residence of the Achaemenid Great Kings at Persepolis/#Iran.
Photo: mine
Photo: mine
September 2, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Apparently it's #WorldBeardDay: a beautiful example of a beard is depicted on the so-called Apadana reliefs at the residence of the Achaemenid Great Kings at Persepolis/#Iran.
Photo: mine
Photo: mine
Once upon a time...
#Kompleksi #DieElektronischeWalpurgisNacht #EclectroLounge #Elektrovappu #Walpurgisnacht #eclectro #electro #synthpop #EBM #IDM #Apadana #Tampere #Finland
#Kompleksi #DieElektronischeWalpurgisNacht #EclectroLounge #Elektrovappu #Walpurgisnacht #eclectro #electro #synthpop #EBM #IDM #Apadana #Tampere #Finland
April 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Un unicornio de la era persa de Apadana (Persépolis), Irán. Se creía ampliamente que los unicornios existían en el mundo antiguo y aparecen en textos griegos y persas (a veces denominados monoceros). Los griegos solían decir que los unicornios procedían de la India.
March 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Un unicornio de la era persa de Apadana (Persépolis), Irán. Se creía ampliamente que los unicornios existían en el mundo antiguo y aparecen en textos griegos y persas (a veces denominados monoceros). Los griegos solían decir que los unicornios procedían de la India.
A bas-relief depicting Lydian and Armenian delegations, bringing wine to the Persian Emperor. Detail of the Apadana Palace in Persepolis. Founded by King Darius the Great (c. 522–486 BC), Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), 60 km from modern-day Shiraz, Iran.
March 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
A bas-relief depicting Lydian and Armenian delegations, bringing wine to the Persian Emperor. Detail of the Apadana Palace in Persepolis. Founded by King Darius the Great (c. 522–486 BC), Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), 60 km from modern-day Shiraz, Iran.