Herodotus and the Persian Priests: The Histories as a Source for Iranian Religion Herodotus’ Histories is the most important, extant ancient Greek account on Achaemenid history. Persian priests are often…
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The Persian Great King and the Gods in Herodotus Herodotus uses a variety of literary tools to style the Persian kings in several ways, allowing for scholarship to draw a…
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Achaemenid Religious Monuments: An Archaeological Perspective Much has been written on the religions of the Achaemenid empire, but scholarship centered on the physical places of worship and the practice of…
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Some Observations on the Representation of the Divine and Numinous in Persepolitan Glyptic The texts and seals (preserved as impressions) from the Persepolis Fortification Archive, 509–493 BCE, have revealed new…
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Entangled Worlds: Afro-Eurasian Networks in Achaemenid Times Sources on transregional networks in Achaemenid times, which cover the entire range of the empire, and especially its borderlands, are very scarce and…
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The Utilization of Collective Memory to Legitimate Persian Kingship in Egypt The Achaemenid empire embraced cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity within its expansive territory and practiced a strategic willingness to…
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The Cryptographic Titulary of Darius at Hibis There are numerous writings of the names and titles of Darius I in Egyptian hieroglyphs within the temple of Hibis, located in Egypt’s…
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Persian Kings and Egyptian Gods: Religious Innovation in Achaemenid Egypt The study of the relationship between Persian kings and Egyptian gods has focused mainly on questions of sacrilege and neglect….
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Religious Interactions between Persians and Egyptians in Achaemenid Egypt In this presentation, I shall not focus on the relationship of the Persian crown and Egyptian temples, but rather address the…
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The Invention of Monotheism in Ancient Egypt Akhenaten’s policy of religious reform has been described in such terms as radical and epiphanic conversion to monotheism, moderate and organic movement to…
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