Daniel 11: Jewish apocalyptic text about the Syrian Wars, waged between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. Although the text is cryptic, all events can be identified.Although the Biblical book of Daniel describes the visions of a prophet who is presented…
Darius I (Old Persian Dârayavauš): king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumâta, fought a civil war (described in the Behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid…
Dedan (Hebrew: דְּדָן): town in the Arabian desert along the Incense Route in the Al-‘Ula oasis. It was the capital of the Iron Age kingdoms of Dedan and Lihyan.The Al-‘Ula Oasis
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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.DH, tablet from Hamadan
Text, found on a tablet of gold and a tablet of silver. The text is…
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In November 333, Alexander the Great and his trusted general Parmenion defeated the Persian king Darius III Codomannus on the uneven…
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In April 323, Alexander the Great entered Babylon. The Chaldaeans, i.e., the famous astrologers working in the Esagila temple complex, came…
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.Inscription DNa
The Persian king Darius the Great (r.521-486) was buried at Naqš-e Rustam, where he left two inscriptions.
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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.Inscription DNb
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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.[King Darius the Great was buried at Naqš-e Rustam. The inscriptions on the upper and central registers of…
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.[King Darius the Great was buried at Naqš-e Rustam. The inscriptions on the upper and central registers of…
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.[King Darius the Great was buried at Naqš-e Rustam. The inscriptions on the upper and central registers of…