Still, almost despite itself, it points to true art. By Jason Farago and George Etheredge for The New York Times As a sprawling new exhibit opens in two museums in Amsterdam, the German artist ...

250–c. 211 BC). Historians also refer to the Parthian Empire as the Arsacid Empire. Coin of Mithridates I (R. 171–138 BC). The reverse shows Heracles, and the inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ...