Homers and Horses....The Fallen Sculptures

After entering the Gate of Nations, we find ourselves in a long pathway. Turns out this was the passageway/walkway leading to the inner rooms of the palace.

under the grace of homer



























While taking this picture, we were almost kick out of Persepolis coz Jasper was standing on an ancient stone on the side of the road.It was prohibited to do such thing coz we might break it.

According to my Iranian friend, the icon on the column (a bird like type) was called Homer and this is an ancient symbol of Iranian mythology. This icon is very well used in their country.

And according to the movie i've seen about Persepolis, there were almost a hundred types of this icon standing on a long column on the hallway. Sadly only a few item remained intact after it was destroyed during the occupation of Alexander the Great.

cowboys and their horse

Another scuplture that can be seen above the columns except the Homers are these two faced Horses. Yep, they are big and i wonder how a cloumn can support this massive piece of sculpture.

The statue of this horse shows how the kings loves their horses. Intricate design for a horse signifies that the kings highly regarded his horse as to a common man loves his dog. Archeologist re-constructed it to show how beautifully they made it.

This section shows the base of the columns where the iconic Homer and the two-faced horses once stood. Even the base are elaborately designed, same as the columns.

Massive boulder of rock was used maybe for the two-faced horse. Here's an example:

say cheese sir!

Larger base for larger columns.Me think this is for the horses again.

Further eastward, we can see the Treasury section of the palace.






















Till the next issue again =D. Will update the blog sooner since i'll be having a loonnggg vacation this Holy Week.

Peace out and Godbless!