Persia

Snuck out just before the revolution.

Aaron Reich
Nov. 25 2020 12:01AM

Desperately seeking Shushan.

Lawrence Schiffman
April 16 2018 12:01AM

Three new books shed new light on the clash of empires and religions from Africa to Persia in the midst of which Islam emerged.

Peter Brown
July 18 2013 12:00AM

Papyrus documents first published in 1911 cited a Jewish temple built in southern Egypt in the 5th century BCE. No one could find it—until 1997.

Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg
July 3 2013 12:00AM