Cyrus the Great:

I returned to these sacred cities on the other side of the Tigris, the sanctuaries of which have been in ruins for a long time, the images which used to live therein and established for them permanent sanctuaries.

— Cyrus the Great Ancient

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Context

Cyrus Cylinder

Date / Period

539 BCE

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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