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Discovery and Excavation of Persepolis

  • James Morler

    A traveler and writer was the first to conduct a minor dig at the site of 1815
  • George N

    Curzon published Persia and the Persian Question with many of the observations of travellers
  • Ernst Herzfeld

    Ernst Herzfeld at the capital city of Ancient Cyrus and the Oriental Insitute of the University of Chicago
  • Herzefeld

    Herzefeld began the Persepolis excavation
  • Erin Schmidt

    Herzfeld was succeeded in 1934 by Erin Schmidt who directed the excavations
  • Start of World War II

    World war II began
  • Ali Sami

    He started excavations again
  • Protective Antiquities Law

    However, years prior to 1960 the "Protective Antiquities Law" was not properly enforced. The fruitful international collaboration between Persian, American, Austrian, Belgian, British, Canadian, Danish, French, German, Italian and Japanese
  • World Heritage list

    Persepolis was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list
  • President of Iran

    In 1991 president of Iran of archaeological work came to virtual standstill
  • Film: Persepolis Recreated

    In 2006 archaeologists working at Persepolis made a film called "Persepolis Recreated

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