In early November 333 BC, Alexander the Great crushed the massive Persian forces led by King Darius III at the Battle of ...

Persepolis, the ceremonial city of the Persian Empire, embodied Achaemenid power, divine order, and the vision of a united ...

Modern Wonders With Ancient Echoes: 25 Incredible Stories from the Ancient World: If youre here for storytelling, youll get it. If youre here for ancient history, youll get that too. And if youre here ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

Harper — Literally meaning "harp player," this name works for boys or girls. Sawyer — This moniker means "woodworker," and it ...

From antiquity to modern times, history is littered with nations that sought greatness not through harmony but through provocation, deceit and dominion. Ancient Persia, under Darius I, stirred unrest ...

Completed in 2010 to mark the millennial anniversary of Hanoi, the Ceramic Mosaic Mural is the world’s largest ceramic mosaic, spanning 2.5 miles (4km) in length. What was once a grey concrete dyke ...

Darius Garland underwent surgery earlier this summer to repair a toe injury, and he's been recovering all offseason.

The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery ...

Darius Garland made his season debut for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Philadelphia 76ers. The point guard, who had ...