The Battle of Thermopylae and the fight of the 300 Spartans under the leadership of king Leonidas is a magnificent moment in ...

Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

In the ancient city of Shiraz, a billboard depicts Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu kneeling before a statue of Shapur I, the third-century Persian king, mimicking a frieze from the ruins ...

Some villains work hard to be the heroes’ foil and need long monologues, explosive entrances, or elaborate plans. However, there are also villains who just exist, and the air in the room changes ...

Yhya Talebian, deputy minister of culture for poetry and literature, then expressed the hope that the foreign participants would help transmit the reality of Persian literature ... a legacy from ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, who once ruled over what is now modern-day Be… ...

Recent Royal Ascot winner Quai de Bethune broke the Tattersalls July Sale record when selling for 775,000 guineas July 10, and the three-day auction wrapped up with robust increases in gross sales ...

Recent Royal Ascot winner Quai De Bethune smashed the July Sale record when selling for 775,000gns at Tattersalls late on Thursday evening. A host of interested parties took up position inside the ...

‘Dinner With King Tut’ Review: The Taste of Ancient Egypt The nitty-gritty of life in previous human eras can’t always be accessed by textbook study.

In December, she hosted a gathering for Yalda, an ancient Persian festival with Zoroastrian roots, which is observed on the winter solstice as celebrants look forward to brighter days.

Monarchists would like such a rapprochement to be termed the "Cyrus Accords" after the ancient Persian king credited with freeing the Jews from Babylon. But Pahlavi is far from enjoying universal ...