Miscellaneous
On this page, you will find an overview of everything that is not a place, a person, a deity, a battle, an object... in short, this page offers you everything that does not fit in the other pages.
There are 32 items in Miscellaneous:
Persian Influence on Greek Culture
The ancient Persian and Greek cultures did not exist in isolation. There was cross-fertilization. The present article describes several aspects of Persia's influence on Greece.Introduction The first part of this article is not to read, but to look at: …Qanat
Qanat: type of underground irrigation canal between an aquifer on the piedmont to a garden on an arid plain. The word is Arabic, but the system is best known from Iran. …Sasanian Rock Reliefs
The Sasanians were the last native dynasty to rule Persia before the Arab conquest. Their reign lasted from 224 to 651. On this page, you will find links to their famous rock reliefs, which are beautiful and dynamic, yes almost expressionist works…The baby of Jotapata
Jotapata The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus (37-c.100) is our most important source for the study of the conflict mentioned in…The disappearance of ancient books
The disappearance of ancient books: the accidental disappearance of texts when no copyists of texts was found. Sappho Every now and then,…The End of Lydia: 547?
One of the most important texts for the study of the chronology of the sixth century BCE is the Nabonidus Chronicle, which seems to prove that the Persian king Cyrus the Great captured the Lydian capital Sardes in 547. This…Tongeren, lead bar
Lead bar with the name of the emperor Tiberius. In May 2009, the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren, one of the best…Vanden Berghe List
The Vanden Berghe List, named after the Flemish Iranologist Louis Vanden Berghe (1923-1993) is the catalog of ancient Iranian rock reliefs.1. Reliefs from Lullubi …