Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

Situated in the lower Zagros mountain range, Susa is identified as Shushan in the Book of Esther and other Biblical books ... After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire and the reign of Alexander the ...

The Persian Gulf is intrinsic to Iran's identity. It is a natural source full of benefits for the peoples living in its littoral regions.

Many of our practices and behaviours go back four thousand years. For example, the Danish archaeologists found evidence that ...

Credit: Internet Archive Book Images / No restrictions / Wikimedia Commons Following ... By the 6th century BCE, Cyprus was absorbed into the expanding Persian Achaemenid Empire. The Cypriot ...