Editing Persepolis (section)

===The Throne Hall===
[[File:Hall of Hundred Columns (Throne Hall) in Persepolis.jpg|left|thumb|The Throne Hall, Persepolis]]
Next to the Apadana, second largest building of the Terrace and the final edifices, is the Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's ''Hall of Honor'' (also called the ''Hundred-Columns Palace''). This {{cvt|70|x|70|m2}} hall was started by [[Xerxes I]] and completed by his son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia|Artaxerxes I]] by the end of the fifth century BC. Its eight stone doorways are decorated on the south and north with reliefs of throne scenes and on the east and west with scenes depicting the king in combat with monsters. Two colossal stone bulls flank the northern portico. The head of one of the bulls now resides in the [[University of Chicago Oriental Institute|Oriental Institute]] in Chicago<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/highlights/animals.html |title=Oriental Institute Highlights |publisher=Oi.uchicago.edu |date=2007-02-19 |access-date=2012-12-30 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614052155/http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/highlights/animals.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a column base from one of the columns in the [[British Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1974-1210-1 |title=British Museum collection |work=The British Museum |access-date=3 November 2020 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418091750/https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1974-1210-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes I, the Throne Hall was used mainly for receptions for military commanders and representatives of all the subject nations of the empire. Later, the Throne Hall served as an imperial museum.