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Surroundings:

Ecbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionEcbatana, Hellenistic or Parthian statue of a lionTepe Pisa, JarJar, first millennium BCEGandj Nameh, Achaemenid inscriptionsGandj Nameh, Inscription of Darius I (DE), CastGandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE)Gandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE), CastGandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE), Cast, detailsGandj Nameh, Inscription of Darius I (DE)Gandj Nameh, Inscription of Darius I (DE)Gandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE)Gandj Nameh, Inscription of Xerxes (XE)Gandj NamehGandj Nameh, Achaemenid inscriptions

Location:

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hamadān
  • geo:34.806046,48.517025
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -8xx / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

Capital of ancient Media; the Parthian residence has been identified.


Relevant museums

Hamadan, Museum

Hamadan, Museum

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

Hamadan, Museum

Hamadan, Museum

Hamadan

The "Tomb of Esther and Mordechai" in Hamadan is one of the alleged sites of the grave of of Esther and Mordechai.

Battle of Ecbatana in 129 BC (1 km)

Battle between the Seleucids of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Parthians of Phraates II.


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