Shortly before unleashing his million-strong army on European soil, the Persian Emperor Xerxes was confronted with his chief ...

Iran’s army is ready to repel any foreign threat, Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri said. "The armed forces are in the best condition they have ever been and are ...

Lavashak, a traditional Persian snack made from fruit paste, is experiencing a spectacular revival thanks to TikTok.

This year's February full Snow Moon will appear in the sky before Valentine's Day on February 12. Interestingly, the full ...

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

Focusing on the life of Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, this is a superbly written effort to capture the power ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

An underrated historical manga by Fullmetal Alchemist and Legend of the Galactic Heroes creators is reaching its conclusion.

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...