Abstract The capture of the Achaemenid treasuries in 331–330 BCE by Alexander Great Persepolis and Susa marked demise 300-year-old Persian Empire advent Hellenistic kingdoms. seized equivalent about 5000 tons silver, which represented accumulated tributes paid subjugated people from Aegean Sea to Indus their rulers. Die studies show that this gigantic amount so-called mix, had been used produce...

The mortuary stela of a woman named Ahatabu, found in the Saqqara necropolis Egypt, is uniquely customized artefact that gives insight into multicultural environment Achaemenid Egypt (526–332 BCE). and her family seem to have lived Marea western Delta, possibly garrison complex. contains two inscriptions, one written Egyptian hieroglyphic script other Aramaic. design draws on mixture generic hi...

Social network analysis is a rapidly expanding field for interpreting the interplay of relationships in the past. Scholars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East have experimented with technologies of network analysis in attempts to approach numerous historical and archaeological questions from a new perspective. However, due to the fragmentary nature of our data, the complexities of past s...