by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Persian Period
with reporting by Suzanne F. Singer and Judith Sudilovsky The Ma‘agan Mikhael Ship- The Recovery of a 2,400-Year-Old Merchantman Edited by Eve Black (Jerusalem- Israel Exploration Society and the University of Haifa, 2003), 268 pp. plus fold-out diagrams. $72....
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Persian Period
Most people assume that the name Palestine derives from “Land of the Philistines” (Peleshetin the Hebrew Bible; see Psalms 60-10; Isaiah 14-29, 31), via the Greek Palaistinê and the Latin Palaestina. But there is evidence, both philological and geographical, that...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Persian Period
Oxus Treasure Gold model chariot found with 150 gold and silver artifacts and 1,500 coins on the banks of the Oxus River, on the northern border of modern Afghanistan. The Oxus treasure is the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Persian Period
A Persian nobleman enjoys the view from his chariot as his driver takes control of the reins. Made of solid gold, the 4-inch-long chariot model was reportedly found in 1877 with 150 gold and silver artifacts and 1,500 coins on the banks of the Oxus River, on the...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Persian Period
Much of our work at the site of Maresha takes place underground—in tombs and in caves.1 BAR readers will not be surprised by the number of tombs, two of them with their walls covered with spectacular paintings. Much less common, however, are Maresha’s hundreds of...
by hadassah | Jan 22, 2009 | Persian Period
Ronny Reich’s discovery at Mamilla enriches our understanding of the 400-year struggle between Sassanian Persia and Byzantium. It is puzzling, however, that Reich asserts that “the Persian empire was not based on religious principles and was indeed inclined to...
