TEHRAN—An expert on qanat (an ancient underground water network) who has conducted extensive studies on the remaining qanats ...

TEHRAN - Experts have raised alarms over accelerating land subsidence near two of Iran’s most iconic archaeological sites – ...

He did so to protect his rear and to remove the threat of the Achaemenid navy. The ships were useless without their ports. In the meantime, Darius also attempted to negotiate a settlement with ...

Alexander the Great had dealt the Achaemenid Empire a series of devastating defeats at the Granicus (334 BCE), Issus (333 BCE), and Gaugamela (331 BCE). He had also captured vast swathes of ...

It was finally conquered by Alexander the Great during his invasion of Asia in the fourth century B.C. "The Achaemenid Empire was something drastically different from its predecessors," said ...

The Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., but much of what we know about them today comes from Greek rather than Persian sources. The various Greek authors ...

Mahmoud Salimi told reporters on Saturday that the discovered underground places belong to the Achaemenid era, which dates them back to 6th century BC. “So far, five of these underground places have ...

For the kings of the Achaemenid Empire, who ruled much of the ancient Near East from 550 to 330 B.C., there was little—apart from hunting lions and conquering the world—that rivaled a rhyton ...

According to Guinness World Records, which seems as good an authority as any, the answer is the Achaemenid Empire in 480 B.C. Also known as the Persian Empire, it's estimated that 44% of the world ...

An ancient Persian institution served as the model and inspiration for the United States Postal Service and other such delivery services. With mail processing delays around the world and the ...