Two titans of ancient conquest go head-to-head! Join us as we compare Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great across five ...

The Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth ... Babylon fallsCatering to the 19th-century appetite for dramatic historical art, this 1835 mezzotint by English artist John ...

It holds rare value for historians and language experts alike. Written in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, the text provides insight into the culture, beliefs, and leadership of the Achaemenid ...

Column drums of the Older Parthenon were reused in the North wall of the Acropolis by Themistocles so that the Athenians always remember the sufferings of the Persian atrocities over Greeks. In the ...

This description matches a common design from Greek and Roman art of birds with women’s heads. In Greco-Roman myth, the harpies were typically tasked with meting out justice on behalf of Zeus ...

On the 13th and final day of Norouz (Persian New Year) celebrations, Sizdah Be-Dar takes place ... The film is a creative portrait of a group of seniors who embarked on a unique photo-based public art ...

(HT file photo) Nowroz, a Farsi (Persian) term translating to ‘new ... festival was already a significant celebration during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BCE). Ancient texts indicate that ...

This means these miniatures are useful for the Peloponnesian War as well as the Wars with Macedon and the invasions of the Later Achaemenid Persian empire. A solid set of figures.

Immerse yourself in a vibrant academic community and take advantage of opportunities to learn Persian and other Middle Eastern languages ... For over a thousand years it was the dominant religion of ...

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