The British Museum in London has some of the finest pieces of ancient Persian art outside of the National Museum in Tehran.
Many of the pieces were excavated by Robert Gordon from Persepolis in the early 19th century.
The citadel of Persepolis was constructed by Darius I around 500 BCE and the iconography of the sculpures and relief works included influences from Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia. Persepolis was destroyed by the Macedonian invader Alexander in 330 BCE.
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