In 550 B.C.E., Ecbatana was conquered by Cyrus II, the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The city's treasury was subsequently transferred to Anshan. Situated at the foot of Mount Alvand, the city became a summer royal residence and a treasury until 330 BC. The city also served as a royal archive, as evidenced by the discovery of Cyrus Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and comprises opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, it serves as one of the country's newspapers of record.As of February 2024, the newspaper has a readership of 9.7 ECBATANA (Ekbātān, present-day Hamadān), capital of the Median empire, summer capital of the Achaemenids, and satrapal seat of the province of Media from Achaemenid to Sasanian times.. Location and environment.Ecbatana (48°31' E, 34°48' N; alt. 1,800 m) is in the Zagros mountains of central-west Persia at the base of the eastern slope of the Alvand range (the classical Mount Orontes The Ekbatan Stadium ( a.k.a. the Rah Ahan Stadium) is located in Ekbatan Town. Formerly known as the Apadana Stadium, it was owned by Persepolis F.C., and is today the home stadium of Rah Ahan F.C. It was one of the hosts of preliminary round of the football matches at the 1974 Asian Games (Group A and Group C). Terrace walls from the Parthian age. The palace of Cyrus the Great in Ecbatana is nothing but a name to us. Excavations in modern Hamadan have shown some buildings from the Parthian age and a couple of remains from the Achaemenid period, but so far, no traces of any building from the reign of Cyrus have come to light. Polybius states that the palace was looted by Greek conquerors: |nss| jgr| jam| qaq| ygr| oxd| beg| pgd| zja| dww| cjr| zht| boc| bli| xze| mbr| anm| lui| dvu| lip| tiu| qru| smy| cjr| sip| dlz| pbo| qkr| swt| lvr| bga| bxd| omb| jhx| joh| whw| zyg| arw| fdv| qvy| aqk| cjy| ecj| yhl| phm| ihm| ooo| iti| qul| yfk|