Cyrus the Great (590-529 BCE) was known as an innovative warrior and a benevolent king. He expanded the Achaemenid Dynasty to ...

Ancient mosaic in Turkey undergoes new conservation as experts work to preserve rare 5th-century artwork with optical ...

Nearchus, the Navigator, bridged East and West with a daring voyage that reshaped ancient maritime strategy and trade routes.

Ahead of a May tour of the Middle East, US President Donald Trump revived a long-running dispute over the name of the body of ...

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The Appian Way symbolized the Roman Empire’s might ... The only problem: There was no modern map of the route. He contacted Riccardo Carnovalini, a prominent hiker who has spent nearly four ...

the first king of the Persian Empire, considered the father of the Iranian people, from the sixth century BCE. Iranians also know that Arabs have tried many times to destroy Persian culture and ...

Cyrus’ exemplary leadership forged a patchwork of ethnicities into an empire that founded Persian rule in the Middle East, Professor Lynette Mitchell explains. Read the Transcript Cyrus the Great (or ...

and a critical review of the new maps in Modern Warfare. Together, these videos provide a mix of frustration, speculation, and analysis about the game's direction. House GOP tax bill calls for ...

Maps can be so much more than tools for navigation. They can help us peer into the city's history, ponder where we might choose to live, or simply serve as humorous works of art. Modern London ...

Ancient Persia is now modern-day Iran ... been used throughout history, in maps, documents and diplomacy, from the time of the ancient Persians, whose empire dominated the region, to the Greeks ...