Persepolis - More Decorations's by krisek

Persepolis - Iran, Fårs These decorations made Persepolis great.

Uploaded: May, 13 2008 | Taken: May, 05 2008| Viewed: 35 times  | 3 votes Camera: FUJIFILM | Model: FinePix S3Pro | Exposure 10/3500s, f6.5, ISO 200 | FLength: 18mm | SW: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh

shervin19 - Sep, 06 2011 05:09am Under Relief of peoples you can see a Lion and a bull that they explain nowruz. Bas-relief in Persepolis - a symbol Zoroastrian Nowruz - in day of a spring equinox power of eternally fighting bull (personifying the Earth), and a lion (personifying the Sun), are equal (Though lions were not a symbol of royalty in the achamenid era and were in fact a game to be hunted).