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Reliefs of Persepolis
Johenng Tan2008
The Sand Museum
Fukube-cho, Yuyama 2083-17, Japan
Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire which dominated the Orient at that period. Although it was burned to the ground by the armies of Macedonia in 330 B.C., Stone sculptures and reliefs still remain in various places and tell of the ancient palace complex.
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- Title: Reliefs of Persepolis
- Creator: Johenng Tan
- Creator Nationality: Singapore
- Creator Gender: male
- Date: 2008
- Physical Location: Tottori City, Japan
- Provenance: THE SAND MUSEUM
- Type: Sand Sculpture
- External Link: http://www.sand-museum.jp/
- 作品解説 / Object Note (Japanese): 紀元前518年、オリエント全域を支配した大帝国アケメネス朝ペルシャ帝国に築かれた都の遺跡。紀元前330年にマケドニア軍によって焼き払われたが、いたるところに残る石像やレリーフが、当時の宮殿の様子を伝えている。
- 作品タイトル / Object Title (Japanese): ペルセポリスのレリーフ像
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