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An aerial view of Persepolis in 2024, where the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire hosted its first live traditional Persian music performance since 1971. Before that, the site’s last grand celebrations date back to 522–330 BC, when Achaemenid kings celebrated Nowruz here.
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Bust of Antonio Manuel ne Vunda, Ambassador from the Kingdom of Kongo to the Vatican. Ne Vunda arrived in Rome on 3 January 1608, but he died two days later of illness. The bust was sculpted by Francesco Caporale for the ambassador's tomb in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
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