The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

The evolution of the term "barbarian" in ancient Greek thought—from cultural outsider to a symbol of uncivilized otherness—is ...

Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School in Old Delhi stands as a historical landmark. Founded in 1696, it evolved from a madrasa ...

The Achaemenid Empire rose from a small Persian kingdom to the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. Through military brilliance, diplomacy, and administrative innovation, this video traces ...

Iran is a country with a rich heritage, where every street has traces of ancient civilisations, and the architecture astonishes with its magnificence. It is a land where Eastern traditions, unique art ...

The bond of the Jews to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea spans three thousand years and is one of ...

The Grande Bretagne reverted to the Allies in 1944 but still was almost blown up by the Greek Resistance that Christmas. Only news that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was staying there ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Byzantine mosaic in Dara, revealing the Greek-influenced city's military and religious ...

In 1971, the ruler of Iran, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, threw what many still believe to be the most extravagant party in ...

TEHRAN - Drinking vessels of varied designs flourished throughout the Near East from the 1st millennium BCE well into the ...

While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human relations—play a crucial part in making and unmaking alliances. Personal ...

Donta’ Broussard traveled to Iran just nine days before the U.S. launched airstrikes on the country. He detailed to PEOPLE ...