Gods of Egypt' whisks viewers away to Ancient Egypt. But is any of it historically ... to defend Greece against the massive invading Persian army led by King Xerxes. Outnumbered and facing ...

The 300 or so Spartans helped hold off an enormous Persian Army for three days ... as likely to surrender or flee, as any other ancient Greeks. The super-warrior myth—most recently bolstered ...

(History's first superpower sprang from ancient Iran.) The Persian shortcutFaint traces of ... task in the new invasion was to ferry his vast army across the Dardanelles Strait (also known as ...

"We first hear of the Persian people from Assyrian sources," an ancient ethnic group indigenous ... were defeated at the Battle of Plataea by an army of allied Greek cities led by Sparta ...

The Arab army prevailed and continued ... two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly once forded by elephant-mounted Persian troops, said Jaafar Jotheri, a professor of archeology ...

These spectacular stone structures represent some of the most significant depictions of the religious and funerary practices of an ancient society that drew on both its Greek and Persian heritage.

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium ... held the first Olympic Games and they fought off the invading Persian army. This period is known by historians as the Archaic period of Greek history.