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held soon with the presence of expert professors in the field of restoration and archeology
mark 22 chapters of archaeological excavations on Hegmataneh, the event will be turning the spotlight on the scientific and specialized
concepts of protection and restoration conducted on the discovered ruins and relics, the official stated.Situated in modern Hamedan,
Pitifully little remains from antiquity, but significant parts of the city center are given over to excavations
Ecbatana was the capital of Media and subsequently a summer residence of the Achaemenid kings who ruled Persia from 553 to 330 BC.Ecbatana
is widely believed to be once a mysterious capital of Medes
According to ancient Greek writers, the city was founded in about 678 BC by Deioces, who was the first king of the Medes.French
1935 and 1937.As mentioned by the Greek historian Xenophon of Athens (c.430-c.355), Ecbatana became the summer residence of the Achaemenid
Their palace is described by the Greek historian Polybius of Megalopolis
He writes that the city was richer and more beautiful than all other cities in the world; although it had no wall, the palace, was built on
an artificial terrace, according to Livius, a website on ancient history written and maintained since 1996 by the Dutch historian Jona
Lendering.Moreover, an inscription unearthed in 2000 indicates that Achaemenid king Artaxerxes II Mnemon (404-358) built a terrace with
Some twelve kilometers southwest of Hamedan is Ganjnameh, where Darius I and his son Xerxes had inscriptions cut into the rock.Polybius, a
Greek historian of the Hellenistic period noted for his work The Histories, tells that the builders used cedar and cypress wood, which was
covered with silver and gold
The roof tiles, columns, and ceilings were plated with silver and gold
He adds that the palace was stripped of its precious metals in the invasion of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great and that the rest
were seized during the reigns of Antigonus and Seleucus
Later, Ecbatana was one of the capitals of the Seleucid and the Parthian Empires, sometimes called Epiphaneia.In c
1220, Hamedan was destroyed by the Mongol invaders
In 1386, it was sacked by Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, and the inhabitants were massacred
It was partly restored in the 17th century and subsequently changed hands often between Iranian ruling houses and the Ottomans.AM
