Aeschylus's "The Persians," the oldest extant Greek tragedy, is so spare it seems like yesterday's minimalism. Almost nothing happens. An old queen of Persia gathers with some trusted Persian elders, ...

The Ingenious Windcatcher Design Long before the advent of air conditioning and even electricity, ancient Persian innovators ...

The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound ...

Legal dispute over Persepolis tablets threatens international lending of cultural assets. [ briefs ] In 1930, archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld came across 30,000 clay tablets on a dig in the ancient city ...

According to Greek mythology, Perseus was the ancestor of the Persians through descendants who went by the names Perses and Achaemenes.

Chromium is a common addition to alloys to make materials like tool steel or stainless steel, and it’s long been thought to have been invented around the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But now, ...

Although it has remained for 2,500 years a collection of toppled columns, ornate but broken sculptures of majestic bulls, and eroded carvings of subjects bearing tributes, Persepolis in its ruins is a ...

The Shared Epic World at Sunder Nursery brought together diplomats, scholars and historians to reflect on the enduring ...

The Greek mercenary Phanes of Halicarnassus aided Persia in conquering Egypt in one of history’s most intriguing accounts.

A $1.2 million ancient Persian limestone sculpture that was seized from TEFAF New York last October must be returned to Iran, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled on Monday. Police confiscated the ...