Comments on: Persepolis: Ancient Persia, Modern Lessons

By: Amir Mohtashemi

Amir Mohtashemi — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 06:28:03 +0000

That’s remarkable. Knowing what ancient civilization has too much to offer to the young minds is fantastic.

By: aliakbar

aliakbar — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 08:36:00 +0000

Glad to Iran and Persepolis World Heritage site is visited and the Asrfvq wonderful that you are introducing.
Thankful

By: hamidreza hosseini

hamidreza hosseini — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:45:15 +0000

hi my name is hamid from iran and i like to travel all the world but i cant now but i would love to have a guest from another country beacuse i like to know another culture and another religion so if someone want to come to iran i can help them to see all place like historical place and so on…….

By: peyman

peyman — Tue, 10 May 2016 11:32:03 +0000

hi,
as essence of humanity those were standing at top ,it was so far of a man to have those big things just about that time-cyrus and his compeers outpaced their own generation .you are right, nowadays all of nations should look back on what happened over the history of other nations,this could give rise to more positive thoughts and attitudes get the world out of warring and cruelty condition .for sure we would see the war and aggression a shame if we take the historical erudite lessons. to add , i recommend all your country people to take journey around the iran(persia)out of any negative predilection .in fact the reality is on the ground not lodging in satellite channels or internet websites ,take it to action ,come on

By: Mostafa

Mostafa — Thu, 05 May 2016 13:50:50 +0000

beautiful.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:51:21 +0000

In reply to Ali Kiyan. Ali, thanks for sharing the plans that you have to open a B&B near Persepolis. It sounds like a wonderful idea and will provide travelers with a way to stay closer to Persepolis, as well as the other ancient sites in the vicinity. Shiraz was one of our favorite cities in Iran, not only because of the beauty of the city, but also for the friendliness of its people. Hope we have a chance to see your B&B for ourselves one day.

By: Ali Kiyan

Ali Kiyan — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:46:09 +0000

Thanks for the positive experience and posting your thought. My wife and I planning to go back to Iran and open a B&B (villa) right by the Persepolis and actually had decided on the name to be Gate of Nations villa. so, the idea is to give visitors to spend a couple of nights in our authentically designed guestrooms complete with full amenities just minutes away from the awe-inspiring ruins of Persepolis. As you know there are other facinating sites nearby that was not covered here. So, hopefully within next 6 months, we should be able to provide the Shirazi people’s hospitality, food and cultural experince. Please keep us in mind and hopefully someday we will see many of you there. Gate of Nations villa, located in the town of Vali-Ye `Asr, Fars, Iran

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:16:48 +0000

In reply to khashayar.

Thanks, khashayar. We’ve updated the article accordingly and added an editor’s note. Very knotty history back then.

A note of clarification for the benefit of others. If we understand the history correctly, Darius was also Cyrus’s second cousin once removed, in addition to marrying Cyrus’s daughter Atossa.

By: khashayar

khashayar — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:39:08 +0000

Great article but there was a minor error. Darius was the Cyrus’s son in law not his son as mentioned in the article.

Cyrus had 3 children: Cambyses II (male) , Bardiya (male), Atossa (female). Cambyses II inherited the throne after Cyrus, he conquered egypt and died in his way back. Someone who looked like Bardiya, killed Bardiya and called himself king. Then Darius overthrown him and claimed the throne.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:09:31 +0000

@Natalia: Iran certainly has its share of impressive ancient sites like this, as well as beautiful Persian architecture in its cities and mosques.

@Joanne: We were also really impressed by the details still left at Persepolis, especially given how old it is. You can find some of the panels from Persepolis at museums in New York and Berlin as well. Iran surprised us a lot, and we’re glad that this piece provided a different view of the place.

We do take a lot of notes when we’re on trips. It used to be mainly on paper, but now we use our iPhones (notepad) quite often as it’s easier to transfer notes to our laptops afterwords to use for writing stories. We also geotag all of our photos to be sure we remember the exact location where the image was taken – this helps a lot as we will often visit many locations in the course of a trip. We’ll often pick up business cards or brochures as we go to remember addresses, names, details, etc. Recently, we’ve started using our iPhone to take photos of these things so that we’re carrying less paper. Hope this helps in making it easier to remember details and create photo books!