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Dec 4 Blog

The Cyrus Cylinder

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the best-known surviving texts from the Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 550–332 BCE), due almost entirely to its proposed connection […]

Oct 3 Blog

Who Were the Babylonians?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

The Babylonians are certainly one of the Bible’s biggest baddies, but they were also one of history’s greatest empires. So, who were the Babylonians? Centered […]

Sep 17 Blog

Archaeology’s Unexpected Enemy

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

When thinking about threats to archaeological sites, some of the first things that come to mind are looters, war, or maybe earthquakes. What doesn’t come […]

Aug 3 Blog

Who Was Ezra?

By: John Drummond

Who was Ezra? Old Testament texts mention him, and a biblical book bears his name, but Erza remains a mysterious figure to most. While the […]

Jun 8 Blog

Persia and the Classical World

By: BAS Staff

Through August 8, 2022 The Getty Villa Pacific Palisades, California www.getty.edu For more than a millennium, from around 550 B.C.E. to 650 C.E., ancient Greece […]

Dec 21 Blog

We Three Kings of Orient Are?

By: Mary Joan Winn Leith

We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star. —John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857) […]

Sep 13 Blog

A Glimpse of Isfahani Architecture

By: Samuel D. Pfister

Although many readers may be familiar with the characteristic architectural features of a typical mosque—tall minarets and ornate, often gold-capped domes—few readers of BAR may […]

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