The Secrets of Engineering and the Splendor of the Achaemenid Empire | How Persepolis Survived 2,500 Years

Yet even ruin could not erase Persepolis. Later generations reimagined the site as the palace of the mythical king Jamshid, hence the name “Takht-e Jamshid,” the Throne of Jamshid. Sasanian rulers drew inspiration from its reliefs, and Islamic architects inherited its motifs. Poets and travelers spoke of it with awe, weaving its shattered columns into the fabric of Iranian cultural memory.