Item PY10

Dimensions: 48 x 24 cm.  This vintage print has some slight wear around the edges of the border due to age; this does not affect the actual image and will not be visible once the print is properly matted and framed.

The caption on the bottom of the print reads as follows:

Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae

The austere structure of white limestone, near the ruins of the Persian royal residence of Pasargadae, was the tomb of the mighty Achaemenian king Cyrus.  Commissioned before the monarch's death in 530 BC and designed to resemble the wooden tombs of his nomadic ancestors, it reflects Cyrus' personal modesty. the mausoleum, surrounded by broken columns from a later temple built around the tomb, measures 35 feet from the ground to the peak of its roof.