The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential culprit.

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

The Achaemenid Empire rose from a small Persian kingdom to the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. Through military brilliance, diplomacy, and administrative innovation, this video ...

Recto, below: The king of Persia and his men hunt by surrounding and trapping animals. They are on an island, seen from above, with the shoreline at right. An explanatory inscription in Italian ...

The future of the Leicester City owners’ King Power business is in serious trouble, which could have significant implications for the newly relegated Championship club.