The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

Xerxes (the Greek spelling of his name), was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BCE. He is remembered in western scholarship for his defeat by combined Greek forces during his invasion ...

There’s plenty to find in the new Prince of Persia, and the most difficult are Xerxes coins. Our guide ensures you won’t miss any at all.

This Persian marvel was lost for millennia Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering ...

Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

Xerxes the Great was the fourth King of Kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Known in the modern day for fighting the Greeks, as well as for for his battle-hardened feats and massive ...

The conflicts that followed brought the Persian and Greek worlds closer together and set the stage for a drastic reshaping of the ancient world.

In August 480 BC, Xerxes I of Persia, commonly known as Xerxes the Great, commanded 300,000 troops to conquer Greece. The justification for the invasion was that Greece encouraged slaves in Persia to ...

There are nine sidequests to complete in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, but the difficulty is finding them in the first place.Mount Qaf is pretty massive, with multiple regions that only unlock ...