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## A study of the material culture of Egypt during the period of Achaemenid Persian rule, c. 526-404 BCE * Read the blog post ['How to Find Persians in Egypt: The Archaeology of Achaemenid Egypt'](https://euppublishingblog.com/2019/12/16/how-to-find-persians-in-egypt-the-archaeology-of-achaemenid-egypt/%22) * Provides a clear overview of the archaeological evidence for Achaemenid Egypt, including temples, tombs, irrigation works, statues, stelae, seals and coins * Demonstrates how different types of evidence, both textual and archaeological – including material of uncertain provenance – can be used to address a single historical question * Offers critical discussion of the dating criteria used by archaeologists for Egyptian Late Period material * Elucidates strategies used by the Persians to establish and maintain control of Egypt * Examines how these strategies may have affected the lives of people living in Egypt during the 27th Dynasty * Creates a new explanatory model for the introduction of coinage to ancient Egypt Previous studies have characterised Achaemenid rule of Egypt either as ephemeral and weak or oppressive and harsh. These characterisations, however, are based on th

Who reads Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt?

Author

Colburn Henry P. Colburn

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474476454

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Archaeology, Humanities