THE archæological expedition to Persepolis of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, one of the eleven expeditions of the Institute now at work in the East, has achieved some remarkable results in its second season's work on the site. Indeed, Dr. J. H. Breasted, director of the Institute, in a comment appended to an abstract of the report by Dr. E. Herzfeld, field director, which appears in the Times of February 4, says that no discovery like it has ever been made anywhere in western Asia. A magnificent series of sculptures, dating back to the time of Cyrus, has been discovered in the area of the palace burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C. The size alone, without taking into account the technique and the informative detail, is overwhelmingly impressive. One panel, 5–6 ft. high, is no less than 1,000 ft. long. The carvings are as fresh as when executed and show rulers, footmen, horsemen, charioteers, servants and burden-bearers in full equipment¢¬material of the greatest historical value. One panel preserved in peculiarly favourable circumstance still shows the colours of the royal garments. A find of no less importance to the pre-historian is recorded in an account of a stone age village which was found under a low mound within two miles of Persepolis. It is dated at about 4000 B.C. and would appear to be in an excellent state of preservation. The mud-brick walls of the houses still stand to a height of 5–7 ft. and the interior surfaces show mural paintings in red water colour. The polychrome pottery, Dr. Herzfeld reports, exceeds in beauty and age that found in Babylonia, marking “a new chapter in the history of prehistoric art”.