Professor of Assyriology, Matthew Stolper standing in front of the Colossal Bull Sculpture from the Achaemenid capital Persepolis, dating back to 486-424 BCE
[📷 University of Chicago]
The pattern of time itself emerges with time. Xenophon marches through forgotten ruins, through sleeping time, past big stones with unknown names. Tombstones are ground into dust, and blow out to sea.