The 1967 excavation revealed a many-chambered structure that had also been destroyed by earthquake, during the Persian period at the site.

The Persian period is dated from 539 to 333 BCE.

This picture did not much change throughout the entire Persian period, the entire population of the province remaining around 30,000.

Sometime during the Persian period Moab disappears from the extant historical record.

Greek influence, which had made its way to Phoenicia during the Persian period, now became stronger.

During the Persian period, Pisidia became known for its warlike factions.

Smaller versions for household use, the rotary or beehive quern, appeared during the early Persian period.

Most scholars place its composition in a genre that flourished in the Persian period of the Exile.

It is also the finest temple from the Persian period.

Zarthus represented the culmination of his "Persian period".