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Byzantine Church
Byzantine Church near Napflio
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Coin of both Hermaios and Kujula Kadphises
AE tetradrachm c. first half of 1st. Century Weight:7.29 gm., Diam:22 mm., Die axis: 10h Obverse: Hermaios-style diademed bust right Greek legend around: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣTHPOΣΣV EPMAIOV (= of the King Hermaios the Saviour) Reverse: Hercules...
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Commemorative coin of Euthydemos from Agathokles of Bactria
Agathokles of Bactria. Circa 185-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Commemorative issue struck for Euthydemos I. Obverse: diademed head of Euthydemos I right. EYΘYΔEMOY ΘEOY (= "of Euthydemos the God") Reverse: Herakles seated left on rock...
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Greek and Aramaic inscriptions by king Ashoka
Bilingual (Greek and Aramaic) inscriptions by king Ashoka at Kandahar (Shar-i-kuna). (3rd century BCE). Preserved at Kabul Museum. Today disappeared. Two-dimensional inscription. Greek (transliteration) 1. δέκα ἐτῶν πληρηεὺς...
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Indo-Greek Campaigns
Indo-Greek territory and campaigns with known encounters.
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Pasargadae Audience Hall
The audience hall of the royal palace in Pasargadae.
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Pasargadae Palace
Cyrus the great's private palace at Pasargadae. This palace is one of the two first builded in the emerging capital of the founder of the new persian empire. Before Pasargadae, the persian who were nomadic shepperds, had no real architectural...
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Prison of Solomon
The so-called Prison of Solomon (Zendan-i Suleiman), Pasargadae, Iran. A fire temple, a tomb or a depository, this now-fragmentary construction continues to defy secure interpretation.
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Tomb of Cyrus
Burial place of Cyrus the Great (d. 530 BCE) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Pasargadae World Heritage Site, modern-day Iran.
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Empire of Cyrus the Great
The Achaemenid Empire during the reign of Cyrus the Great, 559 BCE-530 BCE. Major cities are marked and modern borders are superimposed.
