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Dieulafoy had a conspicuous part, were published in Paris 

 in 1884 in five octavo volumes. 



It was during this expedition to the ancient empire of 

 Cyrus and Artaxerxes that this indefatigable couple be- 

 came interested in the ruins of Susa, the ancient capital 

 of the Persian kings. On their return to France they suc- 

 ceeded in securing money and supplies for conducting ex- 

 cavations among these ruins which, in the end, yielded 

 results which were, in some respects, as important as those 

 which rewarded the labors of the Schliemanns in Greece 

 and Asia Minor. 



So completely had Susa the City of the Lilies been 

 buried and forgotten for nearly two thousand years that 

 even its site was almost as much a matter of dispute as 

 was that of ancient Troy. And yet it was one of the 

 greatest and richest cities of antiquity the city of Esther 

 and Daniel, the city of the mighty Assuerus who reigned 

 from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty- 

 seven provinces the city where the great Alexander cele- 

 brated his nuptials with Statira, the daughter of Darius, 

 with a magnificent festival at which, according to Plu- 

 tarch, " there were no fewer than nine thousand guests, to 

 each of which he gave a golden cup for the libations. ' ' 



In December, 1884, the two brave and venturesome ex- 

 plorers were on their way to Susa with high hopes, but 

 not without a full knowledge of the difficulties and dangers 

 that they would have to confront among the fanatical no- 

 mads of Arabistan, where the very name of Christian in- 

 spires rage and horror. It meant, as Mme. Dieulafoy her- 



the hearth froze into solid masses. During the day we could, to 

 some degree, bear the cold by working in the excavations; but, 

 in the evenings, we had nothing to keep us warm except our en- 

 thusiasm for the great work of discovering Troy." 



So high was Dr. Schliemann's opinion of his wife's ability as an 

 archaeologist that he entrusted to her as well as to their daughter, 

 Andromache, and son, Agamemnon the continuation of the work 

 which death prevented him from completing. 



