Recent archaeological discoveries are leading to a radical revision by scholars of the intensity, scale and importance of ...

The scope of the site of Teniky is also broader than anything one would expect lost sailors requiring temporary shelter would ...

During these centuries, a common, unspoken language of symbols often reflected the region's shifting geopolitics, allegiances ...

The word ‘stan’ is of Indo-European and Indo-Iranian roots and came from the ancient Persian empire. In Persian, the suffix ...

In the heart of Isalo National Park in central-southern Madagascar, at least 200km from the sea in any direction, is a remote ...

TEHRAN- A Persian translation of British author Nick Drake’s novel “Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows” has recently been ...

The newly unveiled collection consists of 1,100 clay tablets from the reign of Darius I, the third king of the Persian Empire (550-330 B.C.). They were returned to Iran in late September on Pezeshkian ...

AMMAN — The military tactics of the ancient world included mounted archers and Parthian ... it is very likely that they could also use the traditional Persian square or oblong formation when needed, ...

Found at the ruins of Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire which ruled from the 6th to 4th centuries BC in southern Iran, the repatriated tablets reflect how the ancient society ...

India offers ample opportunities to see ancient structures, and boasts of approximately 43 UNESCO World Heritage Sites that ...

Found at the ruins of Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire which ruled from the 6th to 4th centuries BC in southern Iran, the repatriated tablets reflect how the ancient ...

The United States has returned to Iran more than 1,000 clay tablets dating from the Achaemenid-era, official media said, reporting the sixth such handover of its kind. Iran's official IRNA news ...