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 ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The Achaemenid empire (ca. 550-330 B.C.) was the first world empire, founded by ...

(Borna_Mir/ Adobe Stock) As visitors to Persepolis, capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, entered the city, they would approach a stone terrace on which a palatial precinct rose 40 feet above ...

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 ...

Drawing on the rich history of 'multi-national' empires that had dominated the region since the third millennium BC, Cyrus sought to make his Achaemenid Empire the greatest of them all - a true ...

Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, and dates back to 515 BC. It was declared by Unesco to be a World Heritage Site in 1979. Alamy Showing Darius the Great of the Achaemenid ...

It was one of the richest and most populous regions of ancient Afghanistan under the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th Century BC. By 327BC, Alexander the Great had conquered the region and married a ...

Born in approximately 550BC, Atossa was the eldest daughter of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. She is acknowledged as a figure of considerable ...