. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . e two rela-tions are quit* compatible ; each writer ouly mentioning that asjvct of the event which had interest for him A<^in Ahasuerus married IZsther, at Shushan. in the seventh year of his reign : in the sameyear of /t is reign Xerxes returueil to Susa with the mortification of his defeat,and sought to foi-get himself in pleasure ;—not an unlikely occasion forthat quest for fair vii-gius for the harem (Esth. ii. 5). Li
. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . e two rela-tions are quit* compatible ; each writer ouly mentioning that asjvct of the event which had interest for him A<^in Ahasuerus married IZsther, at Shushan. in the seventh year of his reign : in the sameyear of /t is reign Xerxes returueil to Susa with the mortification of his defeat,and sought to foi-get himself in pleasure ;—not an unlikely occasion forthat quest for fair vii-gius for the harem (Esth. ii. 5). Liv^tly, the tributeimposed on the land and isles of the sea also acconis with the state of hisrevenue, exhausted by his insane attempt agjiinst Gre^ece. In tine, thesearguments, ueg;\tive and affirmative, render it so highly prol\ibIe thatXerxes is the Ahasuems of the Book of Esther, that to demand more con-clusive evidence would be to mistake the very nature of the question.—See Article ou Ahasueru*.• Esther ix. 5, 6, &c 7 Isl Ieiuarkable(hncient susa) iisuaxe the axcavauans made there irv^missiDn for xht- deKrrritatipr. of ^heTvirkc-PsraaT, SCALE OP FEET. RICHES FOUND BY ALEXANDER. 341 expedition for the subjugation of Greece, and it was herethat on his return he deposited the immense treasures(il)tained from the plunder of the temple at Delphi, andthe city of Athens. StiU later, when Alexander broke the might of PersianI ower at the battle of Arbela, we have Susa representedas the depository of the wealth, produced by the exactionsimposed for several centuries upon the impoverisheddistricts of that great empire, which the kings of kingsvainly imagined they had amassed for their read that the governor of the province went out fromthe city to meet the conqueror with presents worthy ofa king, and that on entering Susa, Alexander found in thetreasury immense sums of money, with fifty thousandtalents of silver in ore and ingots, five thousand quintalsof Hermio
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