One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

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The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of antiquity. Credit: Georges Rochegrosse, / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons ...

The Purim holiday, which was created to celebrate the saving of the Jews from genocide in ancient Persia, is celebrated on March 13 and 14. The group explained that it canceled the event out of an ...

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks ... Alexander marched to the Persian capital city of Persepolis and, after looting its ...

It feels vaguely Middle Eastern, as if fresh from the walls of a Persian palace, and is sure to be among the curated works when Fei’s art is exhibited, starting May 3, at the Easy Reader office in ...

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An Iranian man holds up 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, March ...

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