A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa “Two Royal Sphinxes Beneath a Winged Disk,” Achaemenid, circa 500 BC, brick panel with colored glaze ...

Herodotus tended to put his political philosophies into the mouths of historical figures such as Miltiades. He condensed his ...

Judge for Yourself From These 5 Ancient Symbols of Luxury and Power, Now on View at the British Museum “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” is on view at the British Museum through August 13.

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 ...

The British Museum’s “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” shows the power of ancient Persian style, and how it influenced Persia’s Greek antagonists as they too gained a taste for empire.

Summary Writing Ancient Persia offers a far-reaching appreciation and critique of this recent movement. The bias of Greek sources on Persia, it argues, cannot simply be peeled away to reveal authentic ...

The ancient civilisations of Greece and Persia were enemies for centuries – and their disagreements didn’t only find expression on the battlefield, said Daisy Dunn in The Daily Telegraph.

Ancient Persia is expanding its influence once more – this time, at the Getty Villa. The art museum is featuring the exhibition “Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World” until Aug. 8.

At the Battle of Marathon, Athens' underdog victory stunned Persia At the Battle of Marathon, Athens' underdog victory stunned Persia Read History's first superpower sprang from ancient Iran ...