The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling ...

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

In the 1960s, archaeologist Yigael Yadin discovered in the Cave of Letters, in the Judean Desert, a treasure trove of objects ...

Mithridates was a Greco-Persian king, who left his mark in history for his war against the Romans and for developing immunity ...

Aurangzeb’s Deccan campaign to subjugate Golconda and Bijapur as well as his Maratha adversaries was funded to a great extent by revenue-surplus Bengal ...

Archaeologist and art historian Dr. Lucia Cerullo shares her journey from Elamite epigraphy to Persian-period temples in the Southern ... which she sees as essential in fully understanding ancient ...

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 Achaemenid kings of Persia ruled between the sixth and fourth ... This aspect of his kingship was lauded in the ancient world and has defined his portrayal through the centuries.