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 ...

The popularity of jewellery for men has "waxed and waned ... Howard Carter discovered "that the boy king had pierced ears". And the ancient Persian capital Persepolis is decorated with engravings ...

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 ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Inside a pot buried beneath an ancient Persian home in west Turkey, Christopher Rattè made the discovery of his long career. The professor of ancient Mediterranean art and ...

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Nowruz has been celebrated in Iran and the Persian diaspora for more than 3,000 years. Its roots are as a feast day in Zoroastrianism, a religion practiced in ancient Persia that viewed the ...