Pride Month might be coming to a close, but these books should be added to your TBR list any time of the year! The post Check ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

At Opis, Alexander the Great confronted a mutiny of his army, caused by simmering tensions between the Macedonians and ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

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

Picture Alexander the Great alive today. How would his colossal wealth stack up against the likes of modern-day moguls?

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

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...

The conflicts that followed brought the Persian and Greek worlds closer together and set the stage for a drastic reshaping of ...

Iran, a land of ancient civilizations and rich cultural heritage, is home to some of the world's most fascinating historical sites. From majestic ruins to architectural marvels, these seven famous pla ...

Inscriptions commissioned by Darius declared, "Our ships sailed to the sea that comes from Persia." Alexander the Great's admiral, Nearchus, explored the southern seas in 326-325 BCE, documenting his ...