Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive ...

Darius III assembled a massive army, estimated to be between 100,000 and 250,000 strong, compared to Alexander the Great's ...

For centuries, the monumental complex of Qaṣr-e Šīrīn, located in the province of Kermanshah, Iran, has been the subject of ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece ...

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...

Little did Leonidas know that over 2,500 years later, "Molon Lave" would be used as a global marketing tool -from weapons to ...

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...

The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...

Before Zeus could rule as the king of the ancient Greek gods, he had to defeat his father and the Titans in a decade-long war ...

Zoroastrians worldwide, along with some Iranians deeply interested in their ancient traditions, gather to celebrate Sadeh, ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...

Lelex is credited with establishing the initial societal structure of early Sparta and played a crucial role in laying the groundwork for what would become a ...