Ecuador President Daniel Noboa and his wife Lavinia Valbonesi arrive for the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

English actress Danielle Harold shot exclusively for the Sun on Sunday, May 7, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Olivia West/News Group Newspapers Ltd via The Sun)

Participants arrive at the finish line during the annual Maldon Mud Race in Maldon, east England on May 7, 2017. Originating in 1973, the race involves competitors racing around a course through the River Blackwater in Essex at low tide. (Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Photo)

Daniel Ricciardo performs alongside Michael Kneightley in an RAAF F/A-18 Hornet at RAAF Base in East Sale, Victoria, Australia on March 12th, 2014. (Photo by Andy Green/Red Bull Content Pool)

A devotee takes a holy bath at the Balaju Baise Dhara (22 water spouts) during the Baishak Asnan festival in Kathmandu April 4, 2015. Devotees believe that the water from these stone spouts, which is collected from the catchment area of the Nagarjun forest behind the spouts, will cure pains and skin diseases. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Few people haven’t heard about the ancient city of Persepolis, which lies at the foot of the Mountain of Mercy (Kuh-I-Rahmat). In ancient times, Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Regretfully, it was burned by the Greeks in 330 BC after they looted the immense treasure of this city. It is said that Greeks needed 5,000 camels and 20,000 mules to carry all the treasures from Persepolis. The only thing of Persepolis that has survived the wear of time is the ginormous stone terrace 530 by 330 meters adorned by elaborate stone sculptures. It is amazing how intricately detailed some of the sculptures are, despite the fact that they were created many centuries ago.

Rolling back the years and still looking incredible at the age of 63, the American actress Sharon Stone goes back to her sеxy seductive ways out on a Dolce and Gabbana shoot out in Venice on August 27, 2021. (Photo by Backgrid USA)

Pupils from St Teilo’s Catholic Primary School in Tenby, South Wales, perform a scene from their Nativity play in the second decade of December 2023. The three kings, played by Jack Rigby, Santos Basilnomo and Tommy Leggett, pretended to follow a star on South Beach, a stone’s throw from the school. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)