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Sunday Feature: Persepolis Regained

BBC Radio 3
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Persepolis was the spiritual centre of the ancient Achaemenian Empire, ruled by the Kings of Kings Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes and Antaxerxes 2,500 years ago.
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis of the British Museum finds out why this extraordinary complex of palaces is so important to modern Iranians. Producer Neil Trevithick

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Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Producer:
Neil Trevithick
Source: Radio Times

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