Susa

City / town

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1 Archaeology — physical evidence · 1

Life, role & deeds

BibleThe Persian royal city of Esther and Nehemiah, and the setting of one of Daniel's visions.

Esther 1:2; Nehemiah 1:1; Daniel 8:2

↳ Esther · Nehemiah · Xerxes

Unknown authorUnknown author — Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) ArchaeologyThe palace of Darius and Artaxerxes at Susa (Shush), with its glazed-brick friezes of archers and lions, has been excavated.

Susa (Shush): the Apadana palace of Darius I and Artaxerxes II; the glazed-brick Frieze of Archers and Frieze of Lions recovered by the French mission under Marcel Dieulafoy (1884-86), now in the Louvre; M. Dieulafoy, 'L'Acropole de Suse d'apres les fouilles executees en 1884, 1885, 1886' (Paris: Hachette, 1890-92).