Ancient Waterfront Palaces: A Case Study of the Triconch Palace in Butrint [PDF]
, 2013 The main goal of the work is to comprehend the motivations behind building an ancient palace next to a body of water and to define the effects of the waterbody on the waterfront palace design.
Kaan Sag
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Chapter 17 Greek inscriptions and documentary texts and the Graeco-Roman historical tradition [PDF]
This chapters explores how three philological traditions Graeco-Roman, South Asian and Chinese have been and can be used to contribute to our understanding of Central Asia in the Hellenistic period.
Mairs, Rachel
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A Reappraisal of the Economic Inscriptions and Coin Finds from Aï Khanoum [PDF]
, 2011 The paper proposes a new interpretation of the activities that occurred in the palace treasury of the Hellenistic city of Aï Khanoum on the eve of the site’s abandonment by its Greek inhabitants. A reexamination of a series of inscriptions and coins from
Lerner, Jeffrey D.
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Problems of the History and Culture of Baktria in Light of Archaeological Excavations in Central Asia [PDF]
, 2010 The Achaemenid conquest of Baktria and its organization into a satrapy resulted in the production of Achaemenid art and other forms of material culture in the region.
Litvinskii, Boris A.
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Henri-Paul Francfort, Frantz Grenet, Guy Lecuyot, Bertille Lyonnet, Laurianne Martinez-Sève, Claude Rapin (éds.). Il y a 50 ans… la découverte d’Aï Khanoum. 1964-1978, fouilles de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA) [PDF]
, 2018 This book is published fifty years after the first discoveries made by the Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan (DAFA) at Ai Khanoum, in northeast Afghanistan, one of the most important sites for the study of what we call ‘Hellenized Orient’.
Messina, Vito
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Within the basic historical framework, there is much that is controversial: the date of Bactrian independence, the order and relationships of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings, and the processes by which their rule came to an end.
Mairs, Rachel
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Patterns of Early Urbanisation in Swat: A Reassessment of the Data from the Recent Excavations at Barikot [PDF]
, 2022 The study presents a set of new data, all coming from recent excavations in the ancient urban site of Barikot (Swat, Pakistan), which may allow a new look at phenomena hitherto considered certain, such as the delay of protohistoric phases, the so ...
Elisa Iori, Luca M. Olivieri
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When Did the Greeks Abandon Ai Khanoum? [PDF]
, 2012 Over the past thirty years or so, most scholars have accepted the numismatic and epigraphic evidence for dating the end of Greek rule at Aï Khanoum during or immediately after the reign of Eucratides I (ca. 170–145 BCE).
Holt, Frank L.
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A New Seleukid Mint: Samarkand – Marakanda [PDF]
, 2015 The paper considers a group of four unique copper coins. These coins, representing a new type: crab / bee with the legend ‘King Antiochos’, were found between 2004 and 2012 at the site of Afrasiab – the ancient capital of Sogdiana (Marakanda) – and ...
Gorin, Aleksei N.
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