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

In an interview aired on Sharjah TV, His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler ...

Reading "The Story of Perfume," whether in chunks or page by page, provides a fascinating take on how we’ve arrived at the ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Sanity seems conspicuously absent from his actions. What mind, driven by a profound disregard for history and human dignity, ...

Over time, she developed a dual focus in archaeology and epigraphy, which she sees as essential in fully understanding ancient cultures ... current research on the Southern Levant during the Persian ...

Workers remove handwritten notes placed between the ancient stones of the Western Wall ... A dog buried in Ashkelon at the time of the Persian Empire leaves modern-day researchers flummoxed. Photo ...

Archaeologists have found the remains of an elite woman who was buried with a variety of remarkable grave goods.

When Ridley Scott announced a sequel to a great epic classic after 24 years, expectations were understandably high. With the ...