Stager adds: “Only with Cyrus the Great, the Persian successor to the Babylonians, does the archaeological record begin again... in Jerusalem and in Judah, where many Jewish exiles returned to their homeland. ”
Stager menambahkan, ” Baru pada masa pemerintahan Kores Agung dari Persia, pengganti Babilonia, catatan arkeologis mulai lagi... di Yerusalem dan di Yehuda, tempat banyak orang Yahudi buangan kembali ke tanah air mereka. ”