ABSTRACT
The beautiful ruins of Persepolis afford a fine specimen of ancient Persian Architecture. Nothing however remains but a few splendid remnants of the palace which Alexander J. Davis partially destroyed in one of his mad frolics. The capitals are very high, occupying nearly a fourth of the whole height of the column. The bases are a little more than four inches high, and twenty-five in circumference, very beautifully and delicately carved. In Shushan, the palace of Ahasuerus, there were “white, green and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, to silver rings, and pillars of marble; the beds were of gold and silver upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.” Like Shushan, the mouldering solitary ruin of Persepolis was once the chosen seat of merriment and splendour. The Tombs of the Kings at Persepolis are sculptured and elaborately ornamented.
