The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

The ancient faith dating back to 1700 B.C. is in danger of becoming extinct if its dwindling followers don't find a way to ...

In this, Alexander preserves Persia’s Zoroastrian religion. Briant says the book went “everywhere in the Middle ... “My jaw ...

In this, Alexander preserves Persia’s Zoroastrian religion ... ‘I want to study ancient history,’” he says. He changed his courses and went on to study ancient history and archaeology ...

They follow Zoroastrianism, the faith of the Persian kings Xerxes and Darius. The journey begins from the northernmost outpost of a Greek-influenced region in South Asia. From Gandhara of Pakistan to ...

By Buthayna El Haggar The arrival of spring has long been celebrated across various ancient civilizations, with festivals marking the seasonal transition, agricultural cycles, and spiritual renewal.

For centuries, the monumental complex of Qaṣr-e Šīrīn, located in the province of Kermanshah, Iran, has been the subject of ...