Persepolis Recreated

The British Museum and the Iran Heritage Foundation.

Sunrise Films.

See Persepolis as it was 2500 years ago. Starting with the work of the German scholar Friedrich Krefter, who spend decades creating a model for a reconstructed Persepolis, film maker Farzin Rezaian and his team have produced Persepolis Recreated, a documentary that presents a virtual reconstruction of parts of the Persepolis palace complex. The film that includes commentaries by many of the leading authorities on Achaemenid architecture and history, brings to life and reveals the splendour of the Persepolitan palace complex before its destruction by Alexander.

The 3-dimensional presentation with overlay to show the original plan is excellent Prof. Richard Frye, Harvard University.

This is the first successful attempt to reveal the magnificence of Persepolitan palaces as they were 2500 years ago. It is timely and excellent Prof. A Shapur Shahbazi, Eastern Oregon University.

Persepolis is no longer in grey; recreated in colour as it was in its splendour Prof. Remi Boucharlat, CNRS, France.

The programme on 16 September will commence with a lecture by Dr. John Curtis, curator of Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia and Keeper of the Ancient Near East Department at the British Museum, who will introduce the Persepolis palace complex, its function and role in the Achaemenid Empire. The lecture will provide a context for and be followed with the screening of Persepolis Recreated. The event will conclude with a discussion about the film. The programme on 1 December is limited to the screening of the film.

A package which includes the 60 minute DVD of this computerized reconstruction is available for sale together with a magnificent book which consists of 72 pages of spectacular pictures. With some transparent overlays and 3-dimensional reconstruction of Persepolitan palaces as they were 2,500 years ago.

Click on 'Film Clip' on the left column to view a short film clip from this extraordinary documentary. This is 8.2Mb and could take approximately 3 minutes to download with a Broadband connection (depending on connection speed).

Admission free but ticket through British Museum box office required for admission.

British Museum, 44 20 73238181 (tel), 44 20 73238616 (fax), MINICOM +44 20 73238920, boxoffice@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk.

48 GBP (plus subsidized postage & packing: UK 7 GBP, Europe 9 GBP, Rest of World 16 GBP).

Download order form by clicking on 'Order Form' on the left column and mail or fax completed form with payment to the Iran Heritage Foundation, or call and place your order by telephone. Visa, Mastercard and Amex accepted.