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Queen Palace

Iran / Fars / Marv Dasht /
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Queen Palace or Harem of Persepolis was built between 480 and 470 during the reign of king Xerxes. The name "Harem" is modern, and Achaemenid harems never existed and are in fact an invention by western scholars. Europeans knew about the harem of the Ottoman sultan, read about polygamous Persians, and projected their own ideas and obsessions on the ancient Near East. The rooms on this picture are almost certainly store rooms.

www.livius.org/a/iran/persepolis/harem/harem.html
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis
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Coordinates:   29°56'0"N   52°53'26"E
This article was last modified 17 years ago