Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian ...

A new exhibition titled “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” on view at the British Museum through August 13, reexamines that stale, Orientalist worldview. Instead, ...

The British Museum’s “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” shows the power of ancient Persian style, and how it influenced Persia’s Greek antagonists as they too gained a taste for empire.

This Persian marvel was lost for millennia Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering ...