This Persian marvel was lost for millennia Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering ...

Nine years ago Greece was fighting for its life against a powerful army of Communist guerrillas led by wiry, mustachioed General Markos Vafiades, a onetime tobacco worker who had seen regular ...

A new exhibition titled “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” on view at the British Museum through August 13, reexamines that stale, Orientalist worldview. Instead, ...

The British Museum’s “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” shows the power of ancient Persian style, and how it influenced Persia’s Greek antagonists as they too gained a taste for empire.

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