Ancient Greek mercenaries were a ubiquitous force on the battlefields of the ancient Mediterranean where they fought for ...

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East ...

Cyrus the Great (590-529 BCE) was known as an innovative warrior and a benevolent king. He expanded the Achaemenid Dynasty to ...

In Jerusalem's Walls National Park, a 2,300-year-old gold ring with a red gemstone was unearthed, offering insights into the ...

When we talk about ancient Greek colonies, many think of the spots across Europe, such as Syracuse in Italy, but which was ...

The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert.

Once the heart of the mighty Persian Empire, Persepolis stood as a symbol of grandeur ... transforming itself into one of the largest ancient cities in history. At the height of its power in 117 CE, ...

What emerged when archaeologists dug deeper was a whole other city, one that was already ancient when Alexander ... in to liberate them from oppressive Persian rule, and was occupied by Greeks ...

an ancient Lydian city situated in the western province of Manisa, in modern-day Türkiye, echoes of a dramatic sixth-century battle paving the way for a Persian invasion. The dig team led by Nick ...

from the southern city of Shiraz. "It is the foundation of Iran's history, culture and socio-cultural life." Persepolis features colossal sculptures and intricate stone reliefs of ancient Persian ...

unearthed a hoard of gold coins traced to the Persian Empire in the ancient Greek coastal city of Notion. Rattè, also the former director of the university’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology ...