Persia
There are 1590 items in Persia:
Xerxes II and Sogdianus
Xerxes II (Old Persian Khšayâršâ) and Sogdianus: kings of the ancient Achaemenid empire. Xerxes ruled forty five days in the first months of 423 BCE; Sogdianus ruled for six months and fifteen days.Our only source for the reign of Xerxes…Xerxes' Campaign Diary
It is possible to reconstruct the chronology of the Greek campaign of the Persian king Xerxes, which took place in the summer of 480 BCE, from the seventh, eighth and ninth book of The Histories by the Greek researcher Herodotus…
Xerxes' canal |
Xerxes' Canal across the Athos
Northern end of Xerxes' Canal Herodotus offers a description of a canal that was dug by the Persian king Xerxes. There…
Xerxes' canal, Funeral mound |
XH
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.XH, inscription on a silver pitcher from Ecbatana Inscription in Old Persian on a fragment of a silver pitcher. Xšayâršâha…XPa
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.The following text, known as XPa, is inscribed in the walls of the Gate of all Nations, the…
XPa (drawing) |
XPb
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.The following Old Persian text can be found on the outer wall of the northern and eastern stairs…
XPb (drawing) |
XPc
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments. …
XPc (drawing) |