Irish Baroque Orchestra only the second ensemble from the Republic to perform at the British classical music festival ...

Narratives say that Persepolis was burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC apparently as revenge against the Persians, because it seems the Persian King Xerxes had burnt the Greek City of Athens around ...

The last complete manuscripts may have burned when Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis in 330 B.C. Confucius’ Sixth Classic We still have the “Five Classics” traditionally ascribed to ...

The ancient Greeks wore a variety of hats to protect them from the elements and to act as aesthetic embellishments ...

Alexander Wenz/Shutterstock Peru’s presence on UNESCO’s ... Of Australia’s 20 sites, 12 are natural, including the Great Barrier Reef, while another four have both natural and cultural significance, ...

While Alexander the Great is considered to be one of the greatest military ... He then sent Darius’ body back to Persepolis for a proper royal burial. One of Alexander’s closest and oldest friends was ...

In the year 330 BC, Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire following his victory over the Persian Emperor Darius III (r. 336-330 BC) at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Alexander the Great is one of the most extraordinary individuals in history. He became king of the fringe Greek kingdom of ...

Nick Angeloff, an archaeologist at Cal Poly Humboldt, has called the developments at Gradishte a once-in-a-lifetime discovery ...