*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading It was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay tablets that offer so much information about Persian life could be studied for the first time.
Although the city had been destroyed, the Legacy of the Persians su.
Through archaeological remains, ancient texts, and work by a new generation of historians, a picture can Today be built of this remarkable civilization and their capital city. *Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading It was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay tablets that offer so much information about Persian life could be studied for the first time