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Hace 6 horas · He faced plots and rebellions, including the revolt involving his brother Masistes. Maintaining control over the vast empire proved increasingly difficult. One infamous incident involved Xerxes’ affair with his niece Artaynte, the daughter of his brother Masistes. When Xerxes’ wife Amestris found out, she waited until Xerxes’ birthday feast.
Hace 4 días · According to some accounts, Xerxes became infatuated with the wife of his brother Masistes and demanded that Masistes divorce her so that he could marry her himself. When Masistes refused, Xerxes had him brutally killed.
Hace 4 días · Radiocarbon dating helped verify the authenticity of the Dead Sea scrolls. Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon . The method was developed in the late 1940s at ...
