"One of the [tombs] contained a clay coffin with a small headless figurine of a pregnant woman," Muhammad Lashkri, director ...

Also known as the Arsacid Empire, it was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 CE. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the ...

The relief, which depicts a Parthian soldier in the act of shooting an arrow with a quiver strapped to his back, is the sole surviving Parthian carving in the region. The relatively massive relief is ...

In 53 BC, the veteran Parthian general Surena lured a massive Roman force into the Mesopotamian desert and dismantled it with ...

Some commentators on Revelation give the Parthian empire a major role in the book. The Parthian empire stretched from the Euphrates to Iran; the Silk Road passed through, making it crucial to trade ...

Waterfall with main staircase and boulevard, in the fortress. Credit: Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project The ancient mountain settlement of Rabana-Merquly, situated in present-day Iraqi Kurdistan, ...

Besides being a fortress for military use, the ancient mountain settlement of Rabana-Merquly in modern Iraqi Kurdistan could have also been a 'sanctuary' dedicated to the ancient Persian water goddess ...

At its height in the second century BC, the Parthian Empire stretched from the Persian Gulf, along Mesopotamia and held sway over Indus kingdoms. One of the empire’s royal capitals was the city of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo depicts a grave made of burnt clay found in Mosul Dam that is exhibited in Zakho Museum in Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq ...