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. Last year, ...

Check the piece of jewelry, once worn by the late Princess Diana, that Queen Camilla altered and has been wearing.

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.

A woman looks into the window of a store selling Persian souvenirs in the "Tehrangeles" neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of the power they contained.

In this WORK-ing thoughts post, doctoral researcher Daniele Soares shares her journey from economics in Brazil to theology and biblical studies across continents. She explores how ancient texts like ...

An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the ...

For years, the story seemed straightforward: Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful and fascinating rulers, was posthumously erased by her successor, Thutmose III.

This is one Himalayan Persian cat you won’t soon forget (though she probably wishes you would)! Praise be to the internet gods for capturing such a cranky, crabby, downright peevish kitty who so ...