Ecbatana
Coordinates: 34°48′23″N 48°30′58″E / 34.80639°N 48.51611°E
Ecbatana was an ancient Iranian city.[1][2] It was the capital city of the Median Empire.[1] There is a modern Iranian city that was built in the same place as Ecbatana.[1] It is called Hamadan.[1][2]
Ecbatana Media
Assyrian-era relief of a Median city built with walls forming concentric circles on a hill, similarly to how Greek authors later described Ecbatana.
References
Other websites
- Official Ecbatana website Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine