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World Service,28 Dec 2004,22 mins

Persepolis Regained

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Persepolis existed for 14 centuries until Alexander the Great burnt it to the ground. Presenter Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis takes a trip to the ruins of the ancient capital of the Persian Empire located near Shiraz in the South of modern day Iran.

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