Ancient Persia

by John E. Curtis

This second edition to the art, archaeology and history of Ancient Persia, includes new discoveries and ideas and corrects errors from the first edition. This concise introduction to the subject continues to form a guide to the collection of the British Museum whilst also commenting extensively on the Ancient Persian communities from 6000BC to the 7th century AD.

Genres: History

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1989

Reviews

[Acaerounkr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Curtis is a curator at the British Museum within which ancient Persian artifacts displayed. This book is Curtis' attempt at giving us a tour of his museum without us actually having to go to London. And he does a decent job, but it's nothing astounding. There's not much to be read within the book that can't found in more developed history books(e.g. A.T. Olmstead or even Curtis' own 'Forgotten Empire'), but the quality pictures make it nice to look through. I suppose this book aims to be something like a coffee table book, but on whose coffee table?