Iran attempting to restore the Persian Empire would create one of the most dramatic geopolitical scenarios in the modern ...

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University auditorium came alive as ENT surgeon Dr Iftikhar Salahuddin started talking about the Persian empire - the emperors, the art and architecture and a contemporary Iran.

This video maps the First Persian Empire — the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550–330 BC). We trace how Cyrus the Great united Persia and overthrew the Medes, then show how successive rulers expanded their ...

The sight of vast graves opening and the undead clawing out should unnerve us all. But we haven’t even noticed. As more blood flows than any horror film offers, it’s brought the hope of eternal life ...

Inspired by their powerful ancestors, the Sassanian dynasty restored Persia to imperial glory, ruling lands that stretched from Turkey to Pakistan. The fifth-century Sassanian ruler Bahram V hunts ...

The title of this exhibition is a bit misleading. Forgotten Empire, the British Museum calls its spectacular resurrection of ancient Persia. Yet the Persians are as notorious in their way as Darth ...

300: Rise of an Empire (2014) Director: Noam Murro Entertainment grade: D– History grade: Fail The battle of Salamis in 480BC was the major turning point in the Greco-Persian wars. The first few ...