TEHRAN—An expert on qanat (an ancient underground water network) who has conducted extensive studies on the remaining qanats ...

Spanning from the third millennium BC to the later Islamic periods, the displayed items include intricately crafted metalworks, ceramics, glassware, textiles, and Persian carpets ... an end to the ...

No historical event is mentioned explicitly. The Byzantine Empire appears only through interpretation, while the Sassanid Persian Empire is entirely absent—as are the Jewish and Christian ...

these overlooked Christians belonged to the Church of the Persian Empire, an autocephalous church that thrived outside the Roman Empire during the Sassanid dynasty (mid-3rd century). These ...

Despite the vast reach of the Ottoman Empire, from North Africa to Eastern Europe, one powerful neighbor remained unconquered: Persia. In this video, we explore the reasons why the Ottomans never ...

Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water off the southern coast of Iran, while Iran has maintained its historic ties to the gulf under the Persian Empire.

Cyrus’ exemplary leadership forged a patchwork of ethnicities into an empire that founded Persian rule in the Middle East, Professor Lynette Mitchell explains. Read the Transcript Cyrus the Great (or ...