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Author:   St John Simpson (Senior Curator and Archaeologist, Department of the Middle East, The British Museum)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
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9781805831860

ISBN 10:   1805831860
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   29 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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List of Figures and Tables Introduction – St John Simpson Acknowledgements Did Buddhist Concepts Reach Iron Age Scandinavia? The Gundestrup Cauldron, the 14-Spoked Wheel and the ‘Axial Age’ – Timothy Taylor The Persian Parthenon – Thomas Harrison Persian and Greek Arts in the World of the Scythian Warriors of Asia: from Monuments to Bodies, the Choice of the Nomads – Henri-Paul Francfort On the Problem of the Artistic and Manufacturing Centres in the Eurasian Nomadic World – Elena Korolkova Dragons in the Scythian Fantastic Bestiary – Sergey Polin and Marina Daragan Objects Made from Human Crania in Scythian Burials in the Northern Black Sea Region – Marina Daragan and Sergei Polin Ancient Armenia: Historical and Cultural Connections Based on the Collections in the History Museum of Armenia – Nzhdeh Yeranyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Armine Zohrabyan, Hasmik Margaryan Persian Gold – Jack Ogden Metrology 40 years on – M. Vickers Achaemenid Silver: An Essay on the Fungibility of Meaning – Henry P. Colburn An Achaemenid Silver ‘Rattling Bowl’ – Julien Cuny, Benoît Mille, Agnès Lattuati-Derieux Achaemenid-Style Silverware and Gold Ornaments: a Taste for Luxury in Early Imperial China – Yan Liu Money Talks, Wealth Whispers: Iron Age Saka Microbead Goldsmithing Technology – Saltanat Amir, Rinat Zhumatayev, Samat Shakenov, Akbar Yergabylov, Rebecca Roberts, Marcos Martinón-Torres Transparent Glass for an Elite Greek Society – Despina Ignatiadou Cut Gold Leaf Decoration on Hellenistic–Early Roman Glass and Marble Antiquities:a Comparison with the Kirikane Cut Gold Leaf Technique of Far Eastern Buddhist Art – Yasuko Fujii and Hidetoshi Namiki Conclusions – St John Simpson The Contributors Bibliography Index

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St John Simpson is a senior curator and Assistant Keeper in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum where he is responsible for the collections from ancient Iran, Arabia and Central Asia, with Museum-wide responsibility for liaison with law enforcement agencies over the identification and repatriation of trafficked antiquities. He has curated three major special exhibitions: Queen of Sheba: Treasures from Ancient Yemen (2002), Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World (2011), and Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia (2017/18), as well as countless small displays and the permanent Rahim Irvani Gallery for Ancient Iran (2007). His most recent books are Masters of the Steppe: The Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia (2020), In Context: the Reade Festschrift (2020), Sasanian Archaeology: Settlements, Environment and Material Culture (2022), and ‘To Aleppo gone ...’: Essays in honour of Jonathan N. Tubb (2023), all published with Archaeopress.

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