Iran’s history goes back over 4,000 years to ancient Persia, one of the oldest civilizations on Earth. But what many people ...

The appearance of Sirius in the pre-dawn sky became associated in several ancient societies with the hottest part of the year ...

Source Had the Greeks not held off and defeated the mighty Persian Juggernaut, they would not have flourished and influenced the Mediterranean region and Western Europe, Rome, etc., the very basis of ...

Iran’s ancient cultural sites face growing threats from war, environmental damage, and limited preservation resources, putting irreplaceable parts of humanity’s shared historical heritage at risk. War ...

A newly published study challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting that the rise of Sumer was driven by the dynamic interplay of rivers ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...