Nineveh and Persepolis

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Excerpt from Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and Persia, With an Account of the Recent Researches in Those Countries Monumental remains of Persia. - First Period. Of the Achaemenian Dynasty - Persepolis. - Ancient and Modern Names - Chaiaeter of the Build ings - Cyrus and Cambyses - Darius - Xerxes - What portions may be assigned to each - General Description of the Ruins from Chardin, Le Brun, Niebuhr, Ker Porter, and other Travellers - Derivation of Greek Art from the Persians - Remarks of Sir William Ouseley - Tombs behind Persepolis - Ruins of Mourghéb - Tomb of Cyrus - Pasargada, Ancient and Modern Accounts of - Harém of J emshid - Persepolitan Temple near Shiraz - Istakhr - Achzemenian Tombs at N aksh-i-rustam. - Second Pe7'i0d. - Sassanian Remains at naksh-i-rustam - Bahram V. - Shahpur I. And Valerian - Fire Temple Fire Altars Nakshi Rejib - Rhey (rhages) - Ruins of Shahpur, near kazerl'in - Remains at Behistun Khesra Parviz and Shirin - Ferhad the Sculptor Shahpur II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.