This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Persepolis UNESCO World Heritage Sites Evening Lecture/Seminar Monday, November 3, 2025 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET Code: 1J0500 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Registration $20 Member $30 Gen. Admission Resize text In the 6th and 5th centuries B.C.E., the ancient Persians forged a new empire that stretched from the Indus River in the East to the Danube in the West. Justin M. Jacobs, a professor of history at American University, analyzes the architectural symbol of their unprecedented wealth and power: the palace complex at Persepolis. By examining the artistic motifs of surviving stone reliefs and the many mysteries of the ruins, he illustrates how the Persians laid the rhetorical foundations of so many other empires that followed in their historical wake. Additional UNESCO World Heritage Sites Programs December 3: Machu Picchu January 7: Teotihuacan February 4: Sacred Sites of Tibet General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
