Persepolis 3D

I realized recently that I forgot to write about one interesting project after visiting the British Museum in London during the summer last year. The amazing project is about the virtual reconstruction of the antic city of Persepolis by using computer animation and other modern techniques. For more information about the project, you can read here.

Today the ruins and remaining part of Persepolis lie in Iran at the foot of Kuh-i-Rahmat (Mountain of Mercy) about 650 km south of Teheran. Persepolis was founded by emperor  Darius I in 518 BC and  the city was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It presents an example of the dynastic city which also was burned by the Greeks of Alexander the Great in 330. For more info you can find on the UNESCO: s webpage.

Some videos about the impressive reconstruction project.