History has long pitted Persian and Greek societies as moral opposites—the former, a culture of hedonists, and the latter defined by no-frills self discipline. A new exhibition titled “Luxury and ...

The Greek victory over the Persian Empire (499–449 BC) remains one of history's greatest "David vs. Goliath" scenarios.

Persian king Xerxes faced the Greeks in a clash where virtue and honor outweighed wealth, showing the power of belief over material gain.

Coco Chanel called luxury “a necessity that begins where necessity ends.” When form exceeds function, it expresses another kind of need, the claim to status. The British Museum’s “Luxury and Power: ...

An amphora that is part of the Panagyurishte Treasure from the National Historical Museum, Bulgaria, displayed in Luxury & Power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum. The Trustees of the British ...