The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

the decline of the Persian Empire began with his son, Cambyses II. From then on, according to the Greek sources at least, Persia would be ruled by cruel, impious despots. Xerxes I, the Achaemenid ...

The violence Jesus of Nazareth experienced on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, and our own governor Josh Shapiro experienced ...

Persepolis, once the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, remains a symbol of Iran’s ancient ... because it seems the Persian King Xerxes had burnt the Greek City of Athens around 150 years ...

Josephus identified Ahasuerus as Artaxerxes I, but many later historians believe him to be Xerxes I ... the Jews would be eliminated from the Persian Empire, it turned out to be a day in which ...

Half a millennium before the birth of Christ, the great conquerors Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes built the Persian Empire into a far-reaching power. When Europe was descending into the Dark Age ...

The Museum Detective: inspired by a real-life antiquities scandal, this gripping series debut introduces archaeologist Dr.