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The Ancient City of Susa: A Marvel of Ancient Persia
Susa grew from an Elamite capital into a royal centre of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, home to Darius's palace and the western end of the Royal Road.
Persia and Asia
Persian and Arabian Crossroads
Susa, Ctesiphon and the Sabaean incense kingdom.
The Ancient City of Ctesiphon: A Hub of Sassanian Architecture
Ctesiphon on the Tigris served Parthian and Sassanian kings; its great arch, Taq Kasra, still stands, and the city fell to Arab armies in the 630s CE.
The Ancient Civilization of the Sabaens: A Culture of Trade and Commerce
The Sabaeans of South Arabia grew rich on the incense trade, irrigated their lands from the Marib dam, and are linked by tradition to the Queen of Sheba.
The Forgotten History of the Sabaean Kingdom
A political history of Saba in South Arabia, from its mukarrib rulers in the early first millennium BCE through rivalry with Qataban to absorption by Himyar.
The Forgotten History of the Sabaeans
What Sabaic inscriptions in the Musnad script reveal about South Arabian religion, law and building works, including the temple of Almaqah at Marib.
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