Travel Tip: Art and Archaeology in United States Cyrus the Great: Conqueror, Father, and Messiah
Cyrus the Great: Conqueror, Father, and Messiah UNITED STATES LOS ANGELES • LACMA: Bing Theater • 18 November 2013
Professor Touraj Daryaee considers the history and importance of Cyrus the Great (c. 550–529 B.C.), a king of Persia who founded the Achaemenian Empire, the world's first empire. A screening of Recreating Pasargadae: Cyrus the Great’s Paradise follows the lecture. The film presents for the first time a glimpse into Cyrus’s palaces and gardens at Pasargadae, comprehensively reconstructed through modern digital high-resolution imagery and state-of-the-art computer and visual media.
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