The Palace City That Burned in One Night

In 330 BCE, Alexander the Great set fire to the greatest palace complex in the ancient world. The blaze that consumed Persepolis lasted one night. The city that burned had taken two hundred years to build. It was the ceremonial heart of the Persian Empire, the place where kings received tribute from every corner of the known world, where reliefs carved in stone recorded an empire so vast it touched three continents. The fire took one night. The ruins have been there ever since. #AncientHistory #LostCities #Persepolis #Persia #AchaemenidEmpire #Archaeology #SleepDocumentary #AncientPersia #LostCivilization #HistoryDocumentary