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Orientalism, Postcolonialism, And The Achaemenid Empire: Meditations On Bruce Lincoln'S Religion, Empire, And Torture 1 [PDF]
, 2011 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88128/1/j.2041-5370.2011.00026.x ...
Colburn, Henry P.
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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Who Are Herodotus\u27 Persians? [PDF]
, 2009 In analyzing how Herodotus\u27 descriptions of foreign societies reflect Greek assumptions and prejudices, we have sometimes failed to recognize the extent to which he reports persuasive and historically valid information.
Munson, Rosaria Vignolo
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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 395-408, June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines transport amphorae of Greek/Aegean types from the 7th–4th c. BCE imported to the Phoenician coastal settlement of Tell el‐Burak, Lebanon. We present a selection of 58 pieces analyzed by typological, chemical (NAA), and petrographic approaches.
Maximilian Rönnberg +3 more
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Evolution of Horse Imagery from Median to Achaemenid Eras [PDF]
نگره, 2014 The aim of this paper is studying the evolution of horse imagery and recognizing the position of horses, both structurally and conceptually, from Median to Achaemenid eras.
Leila Sharifi, Adham Zargham
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Political Archaeology and the Growth of Nationalism in Historiography of Iran in Early Twenty Century: the Case of Pirniya’s Ancient History [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2015 It is argued that whenever the political situation provides a favourable environment, the archaeological activities have been encouraged to provoke nationalism, and historians in various capacities have used archaeological data and historical records to ...
Mohammad Taghi Imanpour
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Final proposal to encode the Old Persian script in the UCS [PDF]
, 2003 This is a proposal to encode the Old Persian script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. The script was published in Unicode Standard version 4.1 in March 2005.
Everson, Michael
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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The phenomenology of Xwēdōdah in the periods of ancient Elamite and Achaemenid [PDF]
زن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2017 Xwēdōdah had been one of the cultural issues in ancient Iran based on political thought. Xwēdōdah was especially common among royal families. Xwēdōdah tradition has been carried out for a very long period of time; the same factor explains the importance ...
Behrouz Afkhami, Zeynab Khosravi
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Connectivity and Communication in the Achaemenid Empire [PDF]
, 2013 The vast territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is often assumed to have impeded connectivity and communication within the empire. This paper challenges the validity of this assumption. Two factors in particular favor this conclusion—the presence of
Henry Colburn
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