5th century BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from ...

Even if there is ever a secular regime there, the majority faith will remain Islam and chances of a grand revival of ...

While people in Ancient Athens had a remarkable work ethic, they placed equal value on leisure, seeing it as time for ...

Traces of color preserved in the stone are changing how historians understand what was lost when Alexander burned Persepolis.

A flash flood in southeastern Iran exposed evidence of a previously unknown Bronze Age civilization. This episode traces how looted artifacts led archaeologists to the Halil River valley, revealing ...

Ironically, Iran, which is today criticised for silencing critics and punishing protesters, gave the world its human rights charter. Cyrus the Great, the first king of ancient Persia, issued decrees ...

Iranian police deliberately fire at the protestors’ eyes. A deeply rooted act of repression that is older than the Islamic ...

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime is facing scrutiny for widespread human rights violations amid weeks-long protests.

President Donald Trump said U.S. naval forces were on their way to Iran, telling reporters on Thursday that he hoped the ...

An increasing number of jewelry designers have been incorporating ancient artifacts into contemporary designs, producing the kind of distinctive creations that people crave today. While the practice ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is moving an "armada" toward Iran “just in case” he wants to take action.