Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...

In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon ...

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of Israel under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. With that act, he helped ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government…a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always ...

AT PENPOINTThe ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump was apparently a way of getting out of what had so far been an ...

Babylon Berlin, a German neo-noir television series, is a crown jewel in Amazon Prime Video’s international offerings, ...

It's a promising new blend of strategy and simulation from a god's-eye view.

TEHRAN - Authorities in Sistan-Baluchestan have announced the allocation of dedicated funding to equip private museums in the ...

With over 8 billion people spread across the Earth's nearly 25 million square miles of habitable land, proving one's identity ...

In the early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia. Eva Miller traces how both the mythology of Babel and ...