Pasargadae

Nomad camp, Fars Province	Nomad camp, 155 km north of Shiraz	Iranian nomad	An unlucky lamb
Inside an Iranian nomad tent	Nomad camp popular with Iranian tourists during No Ruz	Nomad camp	Waterskin suspended on a tripod
Waterskin made of a sheep	Items for sale at the nomad camp	Nomad camp	Waterskin
Posing nomad man	Nomad girl preparing bread	Items for sale in the nomad camp	Donkey rides for the kids
Nomad tent	Inside a nomad's tent	2-humped bactrian camel	Cowboy-Nomad with camel
Camel in the nomad camp	Persian stop sign off the Isfahan-Shiraz highway	Shiraz 155 km via the Isfahan-Shiraz highway	Pasargadae 20 km
Fars Province	Agriculture, Fars Province	Tomb of Cyrus, Pasargadae, the first capital of the Persian Empire	Iranian woman & Tomb of Cyrus
Tomb of Cyrus the Great, King of Persia 550-530 BC of the Achaemenid Dynasty	Tomb of Cyrus the Great	The Tomb of Cyrus the Great is Pasargadae's main monument	Tomb of Cyrus the Great
"Modern" ruin near the Tomb of Cyrus, Pasargadae	Private Palace, Pasargadae	Iranian women resting at Pasargadae	Trilingual cuneiform inscription "I am Cyrus the Achaemenid King"
Private Palace, Pasargadae	Private Palace, Pasargadae	Private Palace, Pasargadae	Remains of a relief of an Achaemenid soldier
Cuneiform inscription on a relief	Private Palace, Pasargadae	Private Palace, Pasargadae	Private Palace, Pasargadae
The Audience Palace, Pasargadae	The Audience Palace, Pasargadae	The Audience Palace, Pasargadae	The Audience Palace, Pasargadae
The Audience Palace, Pasargadae	The Audience Palace, Pasargadae	Fish with legs	Upright walking bull
The Audience Palace, Pasargadae	Gate house with 4-winged male figure wearing an Egyptian crown	"Tomb of Solomon" or "Solomon's Prison"	Remains of the Citadel of Pasargadae
In ruins since 280 BC, it serves as a platform for 2 Zoroastrian fire altars	Moutains near Pasargadae, Fars Province	Moutains near Pasargadae, Fars Province	Agriculture, Fars Province
Roadside advertising in Farsi	Headed for Persepolis and Shiraz	Headed for Persepolis and Shiraz	Headed for Persepolis and Shiraz
Fars	Fars Province in spring	Fars Province in spring	Mountains and greenery
Road passing through a fertile valley, Fars Province	An old VW Beetle	Three guys on a motorbike	Agriculture, Fars Province