The archaeological excavations at persepolis for the. He was director of an archeological expedition to persepolis, in iran, from 1835 to. In 1935, schmidt had to approach reza shah pahlavi directly for permission to fly over the country. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation ms. Aerial survey flights the oriental institute of the university of. In 1935, when maryhelen schmidt presented her husband, professor erich f. Persepolis by schmidt abebooks shop for books, art. It exemplifies the achaemenid style of architecture. The discovery was made during legal excavations conducted by the archaeologists from the oriental institute of the university of chicago in the 1930s. His most celebrated survey took place in persepolis iran, from 1934 up to.
After he obtained it, he made many flights and did a lot of mapping. Schmidt collection bernath mss 19 3 schmidt, erich friedrich, 18971964 persepolis iran excavations archaeologyiran. His most celebrated survey took place in persepolis, from 1934 up to 1939. Glass slides additional note the glass slide in the boxes are positives. The earliest remains of persepolis date back to 515 bc. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. The royal tombs and other monuments, oriental institute publications, vol. Persepolis ii concludes the report on many seasons of excavations 19351939 at the site and is the first publication to adequately illustrate and discuss the pottery of the period, an essential addition to achaemenian archaeological studies. Persepolis ii mainly deals with the minor antiquities recovered from the treasury.
Persepolis project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Not only does persepolis shed light on various aspects of recent iranian. She is the author of several childrens books, as well as the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling memoir persepolis, which has been translated into. It is situated 60 kilometres 37 mi northeast of the city of shiraz in fars province, iran. Schmidt, who used aircraft extensively in his work, also was the author of. Schmidt, then field director of the persepolis, rayy, and luristan. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The material is organized according to the order of the following oriental institute publications. Erich friedrich schmidt september, 1897 october 3, 1964 was a german and. Erich schmidt was pioneer in aerial photography of archaeological sites, especially in iran.
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