The city was subsequently abandoned and gradually fell into ruin, buried beneath centuries of sand and neglect. Rediscovered in the 17th century, Persepolis has since been recognized as one of the ...

The discovery was made in a site known as Tall-e Ajori, which has been subject to archaeological work over the past decade. The royal city of Persepolis ranks among the archaeological sites that have ...

Persepolis, also known as Parsa or Takhte Jamshid, was constructed in 518 BCE on the orders of Darius the Great at the foot of Mount Rahmat.