Only one ancient account mentions the existence of ... The tempest dashed some 300 Persian ships against the cliffs of the peninsula and killed as many as 20,000 sailors. (Who was Darius I?) ...

A 3,000-year-old relief reveals how Assyrian divers used stealth tactics and flotation devices to wage silent river warfare.

(Ancient Greeks' map of the night sky ... During a savage storm, they dove under the anchored Persian ships, cutting the ropes binding them to the anchors. The ships began to drift uncontrollably ...

when the Persian Gulf became part of global maritime trade across the ancient world. Magan was once the name for a region that now encompasses the UAE and Oman. Magan boats were large and strong ...

And beneath those ancient ruins they uncovered a pot — overflowing with Persian gold coins. The hoard was seemingly left there by a soldier who — for some reason, probably a tragic one — was ...

Ancient Persian Technological Inventions | Iran Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: April 8, 2025 The ancient Persians were an amazing civilization, and incredible inventors. Here are their 3 ...

Archaeologists discovered the hoard of Persian coins at the site of ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey. The money may have been intended to pay mercenary troops. The ancient Greek city of ...

These symbols are part of an entirely undeciphered script from a sophisticated ancient civilization ... with people across the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, their ships bringing copper ingots ...

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