The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

It’s clear that America’s principal global adversaries are increasingly cooperating, and policymakers and experts are ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

The government of Iran — formerly Persia — threatened to sue Google in 2012 over the company’s decision not to label the body of water at all on its maps. Many Arab countries don’t recognize Israel ...

Archaeologists excavated the ruins of an ancient Roman dignitary’s house and found a water collection system, a carving and tax collection jars. Photo from Piotr Jaworski via the University of ...

Glimpses of Parthian era The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 CE. Its name derives from ...

This is likely because there is lots of public information about other ancient empires, like Persia, having standing armies. “If you get told A and B 100 times, and C 1 time, and then get asked ...