Excerpt from volume XXV of Monuments and Memoirs published by the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres in honor of Champollion
Une large place est faite aux années 1850
Collection of the Institute of Archaeology and History of Antiquity
These blades are so perfect that they seem to have come straight from another planet
humanity has traveled a long way
The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia. Studies in Honour of Margaret Cool Root. Achaemenid History XVI. Gaule Excerpt from volume XXV ofThis volume in honor of Margaret Cool Root gathers seventeen contributions on Achaemenid Persian art, ranging from the European re discovery of Persepolis, via Achaemenid glyphic art, evidence of polychrome sculpture, and Achaemenid impact in the satrapies, to possible reflections of Persepolitan art in Classical Greece. The contributors are colleagues and, in a number of cases, former students of Margaret Root. As a whole, the volume reflects the