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Persia ancient Iran and the classical world edited by Jeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts, and Sara E. Cole

The Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BC -- Map -- Time Line of Achaemenid Kings -- Persia Before the Persians / Timothy Potts -- Shifting Identities in Pre-Achaemenid Iran: Elamites, Medes, and Persians / ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In the Classical World, Persia’s Powers Rivaled Greece and Rome

A gold Achaemenid plaque featuring a winged lion-griffin, dated to between 500 and 330 B.C.E. Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Who were the power players in the ...
JSTOR Daily

'Boundary' in ancient Persian tradition of statehood

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is universally accepted that the need for defining precise lines of separation and points of contacts between states is the byproduct of ...
National Geographic news

This Persian marvel was lost for millennia

Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering triumph was real. Land and seaThis view from ...
PBS

Ancient Persian Treasures in American Courts

Legal dispute over Persepolis tablets threatens international lending of cultural assets. [ briefs ] In 1930, archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld came across 30,000 clay tablets on a dig in the ancient city ...