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1138, IRAN, PASARGADAE

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  • Record Number: 1138
  • Title on Photograph: TOMB OF CYRUS
  • Material: PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
  • Site: IRAN, PASARGADAE
  • Image Date: 1995
  • Photographer: BOARDMAN, JOHN
  • Comments on Photo: 10 X 15.5 CM
  • Comments on Subject: KNOWN INCORRECTLY BY LOCALS AS TOMB OF SOLOMON'S MOTHER. CONSTRUCTED ON A STONE PLATFORM, CYRUS' IMPRESSIVE STONE CENOTAPH WAS ORIGINALLY MUCH TALLER THAN ITS PRESENT HEIGHT, BUT EVEN SO THIS NOW EMPTY TOMB IS THE BEST PRESERVED OF THE REMAINS OF PASARGADAE (IRAN LONELY PLANET, 1992)
  • Group: ANCIENT WORLD ART
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