Among the golden pages of the history of Ancient Greece there are pages blemished with the acts of traitors, men who betrayed ...

The beginning of the campaign – Heraclius’ first victories – The failed siege of Constantinople by Persians, Avars, and Slavs ...

Today, the Middle East faces some of the world’s worst environmental crises — including droughts, floods, sand and dust ...

The Battle of Thymbra was a pivotal moment in the history of the ancient world. It was fought between the Persian Empire and ...

The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to ...

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Tourists set to visit the iconic Greek city of Athens in the next month are in for a real treat. The magnificent Parthenon on ...

Roald Dahl’s 1944 story Katina transforms a moment of wartime despair in Greece into a timeless portrait of defiance — a ...

Archaeologists discover a hidden treasure trove of Persian coins that may have been used to pay soldiers more than 2,400 years ago.

The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are also believed to have been built during ...

In Iran, whose ancient kings etched freedom of religion into stone, today’s rulers raid living rooms for Bibles, surveil Jewish schools, and bulldoze Bahá’í cemeteries. The Islamic Republic is waging ...

A Research from the Academy of Athens argues that the Greeks actually chose Salamis after studying the area's climactic conditions.