Persien - Erbschaft des Feuers
- Episode aired Apr 11, 2010
German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld was allowed with a tiny 1929-37 expedition by young shah Reza Pahlevi to dig in the ruins of Persepolis, the Ancient capital of Achaemenid Persia, ar... Read allGerman archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld was allowed with a tiny 1929-37 expedition by young shah Reza Pahlevi to dig in the ruins of Persepolis, the Ancient capital of Achaemenid Persia, arson-consumed in 330BC by Alexander the Great's troops. It unearthed nearly 30,000 clay tab... Read allGerman archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld was allowed with a tiny 1929-37 expedition by young shah Reza Pahlevi to dig in the ruins of Persepolis, the Ancient capital of Achaemenid Persia, arson-consumed in 330BC by Alexander the Great's troops. It unearthed nearly 30,000 clay tablets, the imperial palace archive, in 1933. His first and brightest assistant, architect K... Read all