Luxury and power:
Persia to Greece

Client: The British Museum, 2023
Authors: James Fraser with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Henry Cosmo Bishop-Wright
Hardback | 224pp | 246 x 189 mm

This book accompanied the beautiful British Museum exhibition Luxury and power: Persia to Greece in 2023.

Drawing on dazzling objects from Afghanistan to Greece, Luxury and Power explores the complex stories around luxury as a political tool in the Middle East and southeast Europe from 550–30 BC.