Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Persepolis' has mentioned 'Achaemenid' in the following places:
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It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. | WIKI |
As is typical of Achaemenid cities, Persepolis was built on a (partially) artificial platform. | WIKI |
After invading Achaemenid Persia in 330 BC, Alexander the Great sent the main force of his army to Persepolis by the Royal Road. | WIKI |
The Sasanian kings have covered the face of the rocks in this neighborhood, and in part even the Achaemenid ruins, with their sculptures and inscriptions. | WIKI |
See also: Nowruz xc2xa7xc2xa0Achaemenid period | WIKI |
Achaemenid frieze designs at Persepolis. | WIKI |
So far, more than 30,000 inscriptions have been found from the exploration of Persepolis, which are small and concise in terms of size and text, but they are the most valuable documents of the Achaemenid period. | WIKI |
Achaemenid plaque from Persepolis, kept at the National Museum, Tehran. | WIKI |
Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid. | WIKI |
[38] The Croeseids were found in very fresh condition, confirming that they had been recently minted under Achaemenid rule. | WIKI |
Achaemenid objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, including a bas relief from Persepolis. | WIKI |
Renowned as the gem of Achaemenid (Persian) ensembles in the fields of architecture, urban planning, construction technology, and art, the royal city of Persepolis ranks among the archaeological sites which have no equivalent and which bear unique witness to a most ancient civilization. | UNESCO |
Inspired by Mesopotamian models, the Achaemenid kings Darius I (522-486 BCE), his son Xerxes I (486-465 BCE), and his grandson Artaxerxes I (465-424 BCE) built a splendid palatial complex on an immense half-natural, half-artificial terrace. | UNESCO |
By carefully engineering lighter roofs and using wooden lintels, the Achaemenid architects were able to use a minimal number of astonishingly slender columns to support open area roofs. | UNESCO |
The terrace of Persepolis continues to be, as its founder Darius would have wished, the image of the Achaemenid monarchy itself, the summit where likenesses of the king reappear unceasingly, here as the conqueror of a monster, there carried on his throne by the downtrodden enemy, and where lengthy cohorts of sculpted warriors and guards, dignitaries, and tribute bearers parade endlessly. | UNESCO |
The studied lightening of the roofing and the use of wooden lintels allowed the Achaemenid architects to use, in open areas, a minimum number of astonishingly slender columns (1.60 metres in diameter vis-xc3xa0-vis a height of about 20 metres). | UNESCO |
Criterion (vi):xc2xa0The terrace of Persepolis continues to be, as its founder Darius would have wished, the image of the Achaemenid monarchy itself, the summit where likenesses of the king reappear unceasingly, here as the conqueror of a monster, there carried on his throne by the downtrodden enemy, and where lengthy cohorts of sculpted warriors and guards, dignitaries, and tribute bearers parade endlessly. | UNESCO |