Gate of All Nations, Persepolis Photo Gallery by Richard Stone at pbase.com

Gate of All Nations, Persepolis

The Gate of All Nations at Persepolis was built by Xerxes.
The tall structure consisted of a large room supported by four stone columns.
Two massive bulls face out of the western entrance towards the setting sun, while two Lamassu protect the eastern entrance.
(A Lamassu is a protective deity, depicted with a bull or lion's body, eagle's wings, and human head).

While I am never a fan of visitor graffiti, some of the names carved on the walls are also now part of history (Henry Morton Stanley, Lord Curzon).

Gate of all Nations at Sunset, Persepolis	Gate of all Nations at Sunset, Persepolis	Gate of all Nations, Persepolis	Gate of all Nations, Persepolis
Gate of all Nations, Persepolis	Lamassu, Gate of all Nations, Persepolis	Graffiti - Lord Curzon, Gate of all Nations, Persepolis	Graffiti which is now part of History, Gate of all Nations, Persepolis
Graffiti - Henry Morton Stanley, Gate of all Nations, Persepolis

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