Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 1. Check what happened ...

Yom Kippur, in its post-Temple form, feels to me to be the antidote for such certainty. Encapsulated in the Ten Days of ...

Archaeologists discover a hidden treasure trove of Persian coins that may have been used to pay soldiers more than 2,400 ...

The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area with ...

This covers the beginnings of civilisation with the Elamites, until the fall of the Achaemenid empire at the hands of Alexander the Great.

The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...

The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC evokes vivid images of King Leonidas and his elite band of 300 Spartans, defying the colossal Persian horde in a treacherous mountain pass. But this iconic clash ...

Anthony Mackie's historical epic Desert Warrior, which was made for $150m four years ago, has just received its world ...

Channel 4 has taken one of the biggest steps in its 40-year history by acquiring a majority stake in a production company for the first time. The network has used its nascent Creative Investment Fund ...

What happened in the days and years next is the subject of PBS’ “Masterpiece” enthralling series “The Gold,” which traces the ...

Iran has built parallel military infrastructure across Syria and Iraq over decades, creating a shadow empire that security ...