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SILVER LININGS SOURCEBOOK

While reading the excellent article by Bridget Alex on Achaemenid rulers (“Rise of the Persian Princes,” July/August 2023), I was struck by her mention of the Susa Foundation Charters reporting exports of silver from Egypt. For many years I have read that while gold was available in Egypt, silver

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