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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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Golestan Palace, famous for its marble thrones and mirrored walls
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The Niavaran Palace complex, the primary residence of the last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Imperial family until the Iranian Revolution
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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The Niavaran Palace complex - some of the rooms on display
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Darband, north Tehran - our cafe for lunch with the local well-to-do ladies having their girly catch-ups
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Darband, north Tehran - another cafe on terraces
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Darband, north Tehran - the local fruit leather stalls
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Darband, north Tehran - the local fruit leather stalls
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - an early wheel
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The relief from the the northern stairs of the Apadana, Persepolis - possibly Darius the Great with his son Xerxes behind him receiving envoys
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The relief from the the northern stairs of the Apadana, Persepolis - here (possibly) the major of the palace, Pharnaces, salutes the king
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - an idol from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - an idol from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The 'Daiva Inscription' of Xerxes, son of Darius the Great, found at Persepolis
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - a statue from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Archaeological Museum of Tehran - pottery from 5th-3rd Mill BC
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The Cyrus Cylinder, dated 6thC BC and found in the ruins of Babylon, Mesopatamia - a declaration by the new King Cyrus of his right to rule
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The very civilised practice of the locals having a raod-side tea break whilst travelling along the highways - you saw this every where
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