Other ancient Persian leaders helped Jews in extraordinary ways. ... Ezra was a Jewish scribe and priest who was born in Babylonia after the First Temple was destroyed.

The Cyrus Cylinder is often considered the first charter of human rights, inscribed with the words of King Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.

A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for centuries inside an Iranian temple, sacred to one of the world's oldest religions.The fragrant holy fire, kept ...

Back to homepage / Live news Iran's Zoroastrians keep ancient, sacred flame burning. Yazd (Iran) (AFP) – A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for ...