Egyptians, Kushites, and Libyans in Texts from Ancient Iran
Mattias Karlsson, “Egyptians, Kushites, and Libyans in Texts from Ancient Iran”, jurnal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, vol. 43 (September 2024), pp. 29–46.
A number of African (Egyptian, Kushite, Libyan) individuals and groups are mentioned in documents from ancient Iran (Elam, Media, Persia) and the time of the Achaemenid Empire. This article focuses on these people, employing both biographic and demographic perspectives. He also recently published a book on the issue titled “From Memphis to Babylon: African Individuals and Groups in Texts from Chaldean and Achaemenid Babylonia.” (Zaphorn, 2024).
