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Photograph by Harold F. Weston 



THE PORTALS OF PERSEPOLIS, THROUGH WHICH THE ARMIES OF DARIUS AND 

 XERXES WENT FORTH TO CONQUER ASIA MINOR 

 Here is shown the northern entrance to the Hall of a Hundred Columns where Darius held court 2400 

 years ago. The effigy of the great king mounted on his throne and surrounded by his subjects, is seen in bas- 

 relief on the portal. 



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