The Secure Architecture of Immortality

Persepolis itself, founded around 515 BCE, stood as a testament to the might and sophisticated administrative structure of the Achaemenid Empire. Its symbolic power as a ceremonial capital, filled with monumental staircases, the Gate of All Nations, and the Apadana Palace, made it a site of unparalleled importance. Von Busse’s photographic lens served to translate this monumental history into a visual language that could be studied and appreciated globally, bridging the thousands of years separating the ancient builders from the modern scholars.