The British Museum is exploring the relationship between luxury and power in the Middle East and southeast Europe from 550-30 BC, a period when the Persian empire clashed with ancient Greece before Alexander the Great conquered the region. Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece will feature a range of objects – including the Panagyurishte Treasure consisting of nine gold vessels, a Persian silver griffin-shaped rhyton, a Greek pottery rhyton in the shape of a lion’s head, and gold oak wreaths from Turkey – that explore the contrasting approaches to luxury in Persia and Athens, and how Alexander fused eastern and western styles of luxury together.