SHIRAZ - The National Museum of Iran inaugurated the exhibition “Elam: The Dawn of Iranian Civilization” at the Persepolis ...

Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance ... This story has to do with the desperate days of the Persian invasion of Greece. Pheidippides’ “Marathon Run” was much more than ...

Traveling to countries where your home currency has a higher value can be an attractive proposition, getting more bang for ...

W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other ...

Bronze swords dating back to the Iron Age have just unveiled a well-kept secret. Thanks to an innovative imaging technique, ...

Experts have discovered that the ancient tunic of the King of Macedon belonged to someone else, as his final resting place ...

Nowruzgah of Nashtifan, a special annual festival held on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, has been officially ...

Open to the public since Oct 12 and running until Nov 10, and taking the Silk Road as its theme, the exhibition, Endless ...

Even though I live in Lewes, East Sussex - the bonfire capital of the world - fireworks are not the only reason I get excited ...