Pasargadae. Another view
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content: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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content: Ernst Herzfeld Papers
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content: Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.2: Photo File 2: "Pre-Achaemenian, Pasargadae, Naqsh-i Rustam, Istakhr" / FSA A.6 04.PF.02.v2: Vol. 2
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content: Item Print 164
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: Print corresponds to negative number 2214.
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content: Excavation of Pasargadae (Iran):Rock-Cut Canal, also knowned as the "Royal Road," on Sides of the Pulvar River. Ernst Herzfeld first visited the site of Pasargadae in November 1905 while on an expedition from Assur (Kalat Schergat, Iraq) to Shiraz (Iran). In mid-November 1923, he conducted a preleminary campaign, completing various measured plans and drawings. Finally, a four-week session of excavations in April and May 1928, funded by the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, was carried out by Ernst Herzfeld, assisted by the architect Friedrich Krefter. 18 cm. x 13 cm. Handwritten notes on related blueprint reads, "Pasargadae, rock-cut road to Persepolis."