Henry Colburn is Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is the author of numerous essays on the art and archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire. This is his first book, based on his PhD which he received in 2014.

This accessible new academic treatment sets out to challenge the prejudices of earlier commentators (starting with the ancient Greeks), and illustrates very effectively the ways in which scholarship is as prone to bias as any other aspect of human activity.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Conventions and AbbreviationsSeries Editor’s PrefaceMapsThe Study of Achaemenid EgyptUrban Experiences: MemphisRural Experiences: The Western DesertRepresentation and IdentitySocial Practices: Drinking Like a PersianCoinage and the Egyptian EconomyExperiencing Achaemenid EgyptBibliographyIndex

Henry Colburn is Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is the author of numerous essays on the art and archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire. This is his first book, based on his PhD which he received in 2014.

This accessible new academic treatment sets out to challenge the prejudices of earlier commentators (starting with the ancient Greeks), and illustrates very effectively the ways in which scholarship is as prone to bias as any other aspect of human activity.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Conventions and AbbreviationsSeries Editor’s PrefaceMapsThe Study of Achaemenid EgyptUrban Experiences: MemphisRural Experiences: The Western DesertRepresentation and IdentitySocial Practices: Drinking Like a PersianCoinage and the Egyptian EconomyExperiencing Achaemenid EgyptBibliographyIndex

Henry Colburn is Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is the author of numerous essays on the art and archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire. This is his first book, based on his PhD which he received in 2014.

This accessible new academic treatment sets out to challenge the prejudices of earlier commentators (starting with the ancient Greeks), and illustrates very effectively the ways in which scholarship is as prone to bias as any other aspect of human activity.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Conventions and AbbreviationsSeries Editor’s PrefaceMapsThe Study of Achaemenid EgyptUrban Experiences: MemphisRural Experiences: The Western DesertRepresentation and IdentitySocial Practices: Drinking Like a PersianCoinage and the Egyptian EconomyExperiencing Achaemenid EgyptBibliographyIndex