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Also Known As Shushan • Susiane • Shush

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Susa archaeological site, Iran
winged lion from Susa
Ruins of Susa, Elam, capital of the Achaemenian Empire during the reign of Darius I, 522–486 bc
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Iran
Iran
Choghā Zanbīl: ziggurat
Elam
ancient kingdom, Iran
Persia, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, c. 1902
Persia
historical region, Asia
Achaemenian dynasty
ancient Iran

Key People

Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
Isaac of Nineveh
Syrian bishop
Artaxerxes I
king of Persia
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
French archaeologist

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
Ancient Greece
Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.
A View of the Middle East
Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)
History Buff Quiz