{"id":20640,"date":"2024-05-31T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/?p=20640"},"modified":"2024-06-15T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:59:09","slug":"medes-and-persians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/medes-and-persians\/","title":{"rendered":"Medes &amp; Persians in Hamadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\" id=\"sued\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Hamadan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On the way to <strong>Hamadan <\/strong>, we drive through huge grain-growing areas. The road climbs steadily until we reach our next destination, Hamadan, which lies at an <strong>altitude of around 1800m<\/strong>. It is correspondingly cold and the overcast sky makes us fear that it could snow at any time.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a filling station on the outskirts of the city, we finally get 160 liters of the diesel we have been waiting for. We can also refill our water tanks here free of charge. Four years ago, we already received good and friendly service here. The gas station attendant still remembers our vehicle from back then and there is great mutual joy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-.jpg 1999w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan--300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_4 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--columns:4;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:479px){#us_grid_1{--columns:2!important}}.layout_gallery_default 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src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-154732-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20652 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20652\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-134828.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-134828\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-134828-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\t<div class=\"g-preloader 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class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>As last time, we <strong>spend the night<\/strong> at a pick-nick park. Back then, we were completely unmolested. But this time a group of 4 or 5 teenagers come to harass <strong>us in the worst possible way<\/strong>. They climb up the vehicle, shout at us and make a huge noise. I get out of the vehicle, try to calm them down, talk to them, but nothing helps. As darkness falls, we drive to the nearest hotel and are allowed to park in the guarded parking lot there. The next morning we discover that <strong>they have unscrewed and stolen our air pressure sensors<\/strong>. Luckily we have spare valve covers with us, <strong>but they<\/strong> were <strong>stolen again by teenagers in Kashan&#8230;.<\/strong>  We never experienced anything like this on our first visit four years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-161721.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-161721\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-161721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-161721.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-161721-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ekbatana &#8211; Medes and Persians<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Not far from the center of Hamadan lies the largest mound of ruins in Iran, covering around 300,000 m2.  <\/strong>If you include the part that is still built on, it would be around 400,000 m2. In Babylonian times, Ekbatana was called &#8220;Hegmataneh&#8221;, which means &#8220;meeting place&#8221;.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Ekbatana was the capital and center of power of the<\/strong><strong> Medes&#8217; empire<\/strong>. The important trade route from Persepolis to Sardis (Turkey) ran through Ekbatana. Around 600 BC, <strong>Ekbatana<\/strong> was <strong>conquered by the Persian king Cyrus II<\/strong>, who from then on was also king of the Medes.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The continuous, consistent rectangular and repetitive structures of buildings and paths are striking in Ekbatana. The town was built using <strong>brick and clay brick technology<\/strong>. To protect the excavated and exposed clay walls, they were boarded and plastered. However, those in the covered hall were left in their original state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excavation site<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-5.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan--5\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-5.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-5-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_5 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_2\" style=\"--columns:5;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1280px){#us_grid_2{--columns:4!important}}@media 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stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-093813-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20702 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20702\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-6.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan&#8211;6\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-6-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item 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class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Some of the artefacts from the excavations are on display in the museum, but the most important are in Berlin, London, New York, the Tehran Museum or even in private hands. Strange world. Apparently anyone could help themselves in the past.<\/p>\n<p>An important artifact for us is the skeleton of a warrior who was about 3 m tall. Unimaginable for us today. In any case, I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily want to have to face one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Museum of Ekbatana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-103002-e1714556457424.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-103002\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-103002-e1714556457424.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-103158-e1714556597359.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-103158\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-103158-e1714556597359.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-102120.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-102120\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-102120-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20718 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20718\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-101355.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-101355\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-101355-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"w-grid-json hidden\" onclick='return {&quot;action&quot;:&quot;us_ajax_grid&quot;,&quot;infinite_scroll&quot;:0,&quot;max_num_pages&quot;:1,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;template_vars&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;exclude_items&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;img_size&quot;:&quot;thumbnail&quot;,&quot;ignore_items_size&quot;:0,&quot;items_layout&quot;:&quot;gallery_default&quot;,&quot;items_offset&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;load_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;overriding_link&quot;:&quot;%7B%22type%22%3A%22popup_image%22%7D&quot;,&quot;post_id&quot;:0,&quot;query_args&quot;:{&quot;post_type&quot;:[&quot;attachment&quot;],&quot;post__in&quot;:[&quot;20729&quot;,&quot;20721&quot;,&quot;20719&quot;,&quot;20717&quot;],&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;posts_per_page&quot;:999},&quot;orderby_query_args&quot;:{&quot;orderby&quot;:{&quot;post__in&quot;:&quot;ASC&quot;},&quot;order&quot;:&quot;ASC&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;us_grid_post_type&quot;:&quot;attachment&quot;,&quot;us_grid_ajax_index&quot;:3,&quot;us_grid_filter_query_string&quot;:null,&quot;us_grid_index&quot;:3,&quot;page_args&quot;:[],&quot;lang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}}'><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>For once, we are led by a guide.  <\/strong>She stands lonely and deserted at the entrance in foggy, cold weather and we think we can brighten her day with a job. And it&#8217;s worth it, we experience a great tour with her.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the tour, we meet a class of girls from school. As always: fresh and cheerful. They immediately recognize that we are foreigners and want to take our picture. Of course we want that too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-105622.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-105622\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-105622.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-105622.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-105622-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-110811.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-110811\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-110811.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-110811.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-110811-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>There are<strong> two Armenian churches <\/strong>on the Ekbatana site in the former Armenian quarter. The &#8220;Stephan Gregor Church&#8221; was built by refugees from Western Armenia during the First World War, among others.<strong>  The church was built according to Armenian tradition, without taking local conditions into account, with an entrance door facing east and large windows.<br \/>\n<\/strong>With the use of the church, however, it soon became apparent<strong>that the entrance to the east was unfavorable because of the strong winter wind from the east and the large windows because of the cold in winter.<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Armenians therefore built a second church right next to it, modeled on the local mosques, with a sheltered entrance to the north and smaller windows only to the west.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Armenian churches<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104319.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-104319\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104319.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104319.jpg 1778w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104319-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1778px) 100vw, 1778px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104537.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-104537\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104537.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104537.jpg 1778w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104537-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1778px) 100vw, 1778px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_4 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_4\" style=\"--columns:4;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:479px){#us_grid_4{--columns:2!important}}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20738 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20738\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-105351.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-105351\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-105351-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20704 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20704\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-7.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan&#8211;7\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-7-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20736 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20736\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104624.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-104624\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-104624-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20754 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20754\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ekbatana-105845.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Ekbatana-105845\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ekbatana-105845-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"w-grid-json hidden\" onclick='return 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class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Through the bazaar to the center<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We walk through the extensive bazaar to the center of Hamadan and on to the tomb of Esther and Mordechai.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151848.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-151848\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151848.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151848.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151848-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_4 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_5\" style=\"--columns:4;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:479px){#us_grid_5{--columns:2!important}}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20678 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20678\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-154711.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-154711\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-154711-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20686 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20686\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-155601.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-155601\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-155601-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20682 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20682\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-155226.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-155226\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-155226-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-20688 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"20688\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-155837.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-155837\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-155837-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"w-grid-json hidden\" onclick='return {&quot;action&quot;:&quot;us_ajax_grid&quot;,&quot;infinite_scroll&quot;:0,&quot;max_num_pages&quot;:1,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;template_vars&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;exclude_items&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;img_size&quot;:&quot;thumbnail&quot;,&quot;ignore_items_size&quot;:0,&quot;items_layout&quot;:&quot;gallery_default&quot;,&quot;items_offset&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;load_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;overriding_link&quot;:&quot;%7B%22type%22%3A%22popup_image%22%7D&quot;,&quot;post_id&quot;:0,&quot;query_args&quot;:{&quot;post_type&quot;:[&quot;attachment&quot;],&quot;post__in&quot;:[&quot;20677&quot;,&quot;20685&quot;,&quot;20681&quot;,&quot;20687&quot;],&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;posts_per_page&quot;:999},&quot;orderby_query_args&quot;:{&quot;orderby&quot;:{&quot;post__in&quot;:&quot;ASC&quot;},&quot;order&quot;:&quot;ASC&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;us_grid_post_type&quot;:&quot;attachment&quot;,&quot;us_grid_ajax_index&quot;:5,&quot;us_grid_filter_query_string&quot;:null,&quot;us_grid_index&quot;:5,&quot;page_args&quot;:[],&quot;lang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}}'><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-150305.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-150305\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-150305.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-150305.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-150305-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tomb of Esther and Mordechai<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The two are known from the<strong>&#8220;Book of Esther<\/strong>&#8221; in the Old Testament of the Bible. <strong>Mordecai<\/strong> was a court official of the Persian king at the time of Darius the Great and <strong>Esther<\/strong> was the Jewish wife of his son Xerxes.<br \/>\nEkbatana was the summer residence of the Persian kings. Many inscriptions and reliefs carved into the rock of the surrounding mountains confirm this.<br \/>\n<strong>Mordechai made a name for himself at the royal court<\/strong> because he warned the king of a plot, while Esther prevented a massacre of the many Jews who had been expelled from Israel and were living in the Persian Empire at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The gravesite is quiet and the atmosphere is dignified and contemplative. The grave can only be entered in a crouched position<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151417.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan-151417\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151417.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151417.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hamadan-151417-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_6 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_6\" style=\"--columns:6;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1280px){#us_grid_6{--columns:4!important}}@media 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class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bisotun-6181.jpg\" aria-label=\"Bisotun-6181\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1420\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bisotun-6181.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bisotun-6181.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bisotun-6181-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1420px) 100vw, 1420px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hamadan-Darius-6065.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hamadan Darius-6065\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1422\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hamadan-Darius-6065.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hamadan-Darius-6065.jpg 1422w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hamadan-Darius-6065-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Hamadan<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There is still a lot to see in Hamadan. But due to the cold and the cloudy sky, we decided against it. After all, we had already visited Hamadan four years ago. If you are interested:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/i-r-a-n\/#hamadan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HAMADAN 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,232],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-02-iran_23-en","category-2023-25_arabia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20640"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22482,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640\/revisions\/22482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}