داریوش کاووسی

The book Late Achaemenid Texts from Šāṭer, The Archive of Šamaš-zēru-ibni, Part 1, written by Basima Abed and Johannes Hackl, is one of the new books about Achaemenid texts. It includes transliterations, autographed copies, and photographs of texts confiscated from illicit excavators by the Iraqi Antiquities Authority, along with a brief introduction and indices; these texts form part of a larger collection housed in the Iraq Museum.

Bardak-e Siāh is one of the important archaeological sites in Bushehr province. Recently, archaeological researches about the Achaemenid site of Bardak-e Siāh in Bushehr, under the supervision of Ismail Yaghmai, have been published. This article reviews the book entitled A Hypothesis of the True Origin of Achaemenids Based on Archaeological Excavations of Bardak-e Siāh Palace, Dashtestan, Doroudgah Village.