Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre proposes a fresh approach to understanding the Achaemenid Empire based on her study of the regional capital, Sardis. This study uses archaeological, artistic and textual ...

Ebbinghaus, Susanne Eremin, Katherine Lerner, Judith A. Nagel, Alexander and Chang, Angela 2023. An Achaemenid God in Color. Heritage, Vol. 7, Issue. 1, p. 1. In this volume, Alexander Nagel ...

For the kings of the Achaemenid Empire, who ruled much of the ancient Near East from 550 to 330 B.C., there was little—apart from hunting lions and conquering the world—that rivaled a rhyton ...