The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia. Studies in Honour of Margaret Cool Root. Achaemenid History XVI. Extrême-Orient This study is intended as

This study is intended as a first synthesis of the miniature medallion portraits of the Lagid sovereigns

and commented by Claire and René Kappler

from the Heroic Times of Greece to the First Centuries of the Christian Era

and to evoke both the sounds and the different types of music of Antiquity

A new Amarna iconography where the appeal of the exotic shines through S

The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia. Studies in Honour of Margaret Cool Root. Achaemenid History XVI. Extrême-Orient This study is intended asThis 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