Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took ...
An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, ...
For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...
Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Almost all items in the Nowruz haft-sin table can be found at Devon Market. In Iran, families arrange the haft-sin table with ...
A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of ...