The Achaemenid Empire rose from a small Persian kingdom to the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. Through ...

Originating around 800 BCE with the polis city-state system, Greece is the birthplace of Athens, Sparta, philosophy, democracy, and the Olympic Games. Dating back to around 1500 BCE during the Vedic ...

TEHRAN - Drinking vessels of varied designs flourished throughout the Near East from the 1st millennium BCE well into the ...

Iran, one of the world’s oldest and most influential civilizations, has a rich history that spans over 5,000 years. Located ...

My love affair with the Achaemenid Persian Empire (ca. 550-330 BCE) began during my first season excavating in Turkey in 1991, just after I graduated from college. I was digging at a site named Sardis ...

Four decades later, around 550 BC, the Achaemenid--or First Persian--Empire grew as a Median province, quickly defeating and subsuming the entire Median state and growing to become the largest empire ...

The Spartan army clash with the Thebans and general Epaminondas at the Leuctra battlefield signified the end of Sparta's ...

Founded by Darius the Great (522–486 B.C.), Persepolis flourished for two centuries until the Achaemenid empire fell when Alexander the Great’s armies sacked and burned the city in 330 B.C ...

AMMAN — Achaemenid Empire (559 BC – 330 BC) exercised political influence in the Levant but a few monuments remained in this part of the Middle East that were typical for Achaemenid architecture.

Four decades later, around 550 BCE, the Achaemenid--or First Persian--Empire grew as a Median province, quickly defeating and subsuming the entire Median state and growing to become the largest empire ...