You are hereHomeArchaeology OdysseyNovember/December 2005Why Darius Built Persepolis Ernst Herzfeld, Iran in the Ancient East, (London, 1941), p. 269; The Persian Empire (Wiesbaden, 1968), p. 7; and Roman Ghirshman, “Notes iraniennes VII: à propos de Persépolis,” Artibus Asiae 20 (1957), pp. 265–278. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.