It was clear what was happening: the tensions with Iraq had finally snapped, and Saddam Hussein was now launching a ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Thousands of clay tablets found in Persepolis, in modern-day Iran, are finally being translated — and they show his importance, he says. Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great ...

Thousands of clay tablets found in Persepolis, in modern-day Iran, are finally being translated — and they show his importance, he says. Visitors to modern-day Iran can see remains of the empire ...

Thousands of clay tablets found in Persepolis, in modern-day Iran, are finally being translated — and they show his importance, he says. Persepolis, in modern-day Iran, is one of the sites where ...

Forty-six years ago, in the winter of 1979, the people of Iran, through a fundamental overhaul of their political system, ...