TEHRAN--Zahhak castle in Hashtrud, East Azarbaijan province, is one of the prominent examples of rock and military ...

By cross-referencing ancient texts, 3D maps and other evidence ... period was ultimately short lived after the rise of the Parthian Empire. "This battle is considered one of the most pivotal ...

By 115 AD, he had captured the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon and had reached the Persian Gulf. The Roman Empire now stretched across Europe and the Middle East, from the borders of Scotland to ...

The latest finds--graves and skeletal remains--were uncovered across three layers: Parthian, Hellenistic-Seleucid, and the ...