John Curtis

1946

• Ancient Persia
• The world of Achaemenid Persia
• Mesopotamia and Iran in the Persian period
• Fifty years of Mesopotamian discovery
• Art and empire
• Bronzeworking centres of Western Asia, c. 1000-539 B.C.
• Excavations at Khirbet Khatuniyeh
• Excavations at Qasrij Cliff and Khirbet Qasrij
• Forgotten empire
• Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian periods
• The Balawat gates of Ashurnasirpal II