The Royal City of Susa. Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre. Arts its sometimes disemboweled caravans

its sometimes disemboweled caravans

Sonia Harmand

une introduction au Diagramme

and Ptolemy IX Philometor II

The Royal City of Susa. Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre. Arts its sometimes disemboweled caravansThe ancient city of Susa (biblical Shushan) lay at the edge of the Iranian plateau, not far from the great cities of Mesopotamia. A strategically located and vital center, Susa absorbed diverse influences and underwent great political fluctuations during the several thousand years of its history. When French archaeologists began to excavate its site in the nineteenth century, the astonishing abundance of finds greatly expanded our understanding of the