TEHRAN - Nagarechi Hill situated in Nahavand country of Hamedan province is emerging as a pivotal archaeological site that ...
BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of ...
The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world through Hellenization.
It was just a minor skirmish, hardly worth a mention. In a small village in one of the Seleucid (Syrian-Greek) Empire’s more remote provinces, a local priest refused to obey the local ...
Explore the archaeological site of Europos, an ancient Macedonian city located near Pella. Excavations reveal insights into ...
This kingdom started in 167 B.C., when Jewish inhabitants of the area rose up against the Seleucid Empire and succeeded in taking over parts of it. During the first century B.C., the Roman ...
The temple itself, believed to be constructed by Antiochus III, underscores Nahavand’s prominence in the Seleucid empire. The lack of surviving Seleucid-era artifacts and architectural evidence in ...
Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday, commemorates the Maccabean Revolt, where Jewish warriors defeated the Seleucid Empire in 165 BC. The Israeli hostage families condemned Netanyahu in a statement ...