Distinguished by their headdresses, Median and Persian soldiers parade across this relief from the Apadana (Audience Hall) at Persepolis, illustrating how the empire valued diversity. I am Cyrus ...

In 334 BC he used this army to launch a invasion of the Persian Empire, winning a crucial victory at the River Granicus. China caves on 125% tariff for major US export after White House predicts ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that time. Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern ...

The coins show a figure of a kneeling archer, the characteristic design of the Persian daric, a type of gold coin issued by the Persian Empire and ... the Persian daric's timeline and history.

The hoard of coins will provide more data on the Persian daric’s timeline and history ... Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire in 330 BCE. The design of the coins stayed ...

The Persian Empire's capital, Persepolis, which Alexander's forces captured and razed, "would rival Rome and Athens as the greatest of ancient cities, its ruins one of the wonders most visited ...

It found that during the Achaemenid Persian empire, between 559 and 330 BCE, the name Pars Sea was widely used in written texts, denoting Persian influence over the area. In that period ...

The team of archeologists discovered a "hoard of gold coins" from the Persian Empire in western Turkey ... "datapoint" as they map the daric's timeline. "This hoard will provide a firm date ...

It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know. By Aimee Ortiz Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life ...