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The Horse and the Lion in Achaemenid Persia: Representations of a Duality

open access: yesArts, 2021
This paper explores the ambiguous Persian Achaemenid attitude towards the horse and the lion. It examines the way these animals appear in imperial official presentations, local artifacts throughout the empire and Greek textual representations.
Eran Almagor
doaj   +1 more source

‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 907-917, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing posts, reposts and comments made on X after the Hamas‐led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 using the hashtag #IraniansStandWithIsrael, the paper ...
Ladan Rahbari
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Treaties in the Achaemenid Empire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Starting in the mid-fifth century BCE, the Achaemenid Persian empire entered into a series of treaties with various Greek city-states. While treaties had often been used across the Ancient Near East prior to the Persian conquests, they did not play a ...
Beckman, Daniel
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution

open access: yesConstellations, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 394-403, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Kings, Countries, Peoples: Selected Studies on the Achaemenid Empire, by Pierre Briant

open access: yes, 2020
Review of Kings, Countries, Peoples: Selected Studies on the Achaemenid Empire, by Pierre Briant, translated by Amélie Kuhrt. Oriens et Occidens, vol. 26. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017. Pp.
Henry Colburn
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran

open access: yesDigest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
wiley   +1 more source

Perska okupacja Egiptu w VII w. n.e. [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis, 2016
(The Persian occupation of Egypt in the seventh c. BC): Through the efforts of Emperor Maurice and king Khosrow II a period of peace between the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran reigned in the early seventh c. When Maurice died in rebellion of Fokas in 602,
Tomasz Sińczak
doaj  

The Architecture of Large Kurgans of the Scythians and Their Periphery: A Challenge for Magnetometer Prospections in the Eurasian Steppe Belt

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 507-524, July/September 2025.
ABSTRACT The burial mounds of the early Iron Age, which we will refer to below as kurgans, from the nomadic equestrian warriors of Eurasia, form a very complex group of archaeological monuments. Archaeological excavations in Aržan 2 (Siberia) and Aleksandropol (Ukraine) show that the large burial mounds are complex architectural constructions.
Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Anton Gass
wiley   +1 more source

Material Profiling of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals by Raman Spectroscopy

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 228-242, March 2025.
Mesopotamian cylinder seals (fourth ‐ first millennium bce) from the collection of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectral analysis identified the mineral constituents and quantitatively determined the chemical compositions of the
Stylianos Aspiotis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Administrative Role of the Royal Woman Irtašduna Based on the Persepolis Tablets [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش های تاریخی
This study examined the economic and social status of Irtašduna, the daughter of Cyrus the Great and wife of Darius I, within the administrative and bureaucratic framework of the Achaemenid Empire.
Hedieh Eskandari   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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