Alexander the Great in Jerusalem
One of the famous scenes of antiquity is that of the visit purportedly paid by Alexander the Great to the temple of Jerusalem. But did Alexander actually visit Jerusalem? And does
A Girl’s Helping Hand on the Journey to the Afterlife: Alabaster Ishtar-Aphrodite Figurines from Seleucid-Parthian Babylonia
December 2023 | Vol. 11.12 By Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper Sometime late in the Seleucid or early in the Parthian period (c. 2nd century BCE), a family living in or near Babylon grie
The Salt Traders of Seleucid Babylonia
january 2023 | Vol. 11.1 By Vito Messina The trade of salt was one of the most valuable economic activities in antiquity. Literary, epigraphic, and archaeological records point to