List of Figures and Tables Introduction- St John Simpson Acknowledgements Did Buddhist Concepts Reach Iron Age Scandinavia? The Gundestrup Cauldron, the 14-Spoked Wheel and the 'Axial Age' - Timothy Taylor The Persian Parthenon - Thomas Harrison Persian and Greek Arts in the World of the Scythian Warriors of Asia: from Monuments to Bodies, the Choice of the Nomads - Henri-Paul Francfort On the Problem of the Artistic and Manufacturing Centres in the Eurasian Nomadic World - Elena Korolkova Dragons in the Scythian Fantastic Bestiary - Sergey Polin andMarina Daragan Objects Made from Human Crania in Scythian Burials in the Northern Black Sea Region - Marina Daragan andSergei Polin Ancient Armenia: Historical and Cultural Connections Based on the Collections in the History Museum of Armenia - Nzhdeh Yeranyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Armine Zohrabyan, Hasmik Margaryan Persian Gold - Jack Ogden Metrology 40 years on - M. Vickers Achaemenid Silver: An Essay on the Fungibility of Meaning - Henry P. Colburn An Achaemenid Silver 'Rattling Bowl' - Julien Cuny, Benoît Mille, Agnès Lattuati-Derieux Achaemenid-Style Silverware and Gold Ornaments: a Taste for Luxury in Early Imperial China - Yan Liu Money Talks, Wealth Whispers: Iron Age Saka Microbead Goldsmithing Technology- Saltanat Amir, Rinat Zhumatayev, Samat Shakenov, Akbar Yergabylov, Rebecca Roberts, Marcos Martinón-Torres Transparent Glass for an Elite Greek Society - Despina Ignatiadou Cut Gold Leaf Decoration on Hellenistic-Early Roman Glass and Marble Antiquities:a Comparison with the Kirikane Cut Gold Leaf Technique of Far Eastern Buddhist Art - Yasuko Fujii andHidetoshi Namiki Conclusions -St John Simpson The Contributors Bibliography Index.