My first 100 turns with Sid Meier's Civilization VII proved that this series is as good of a storytelling engine as ever.

Gerard Butler recalls the challenging filming of Zack Snyder's '300', where many actors sustained injuries. Despite the ...

Gerard Butler reveals the intense injuries sustained by the cast of 300, including himself, during the film's ostensibly ...

When it comes to historical and archaeological finds, few things spark our curiosity quite like the adventures of Alexander ...

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 stone ...

History has long celebrated its ancient world pioneers, yet many great deeds of overlooked figures have faded with their ...

This course focuses on central topics in Persian language and society. The topics are related to past or ongoing research in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, such as; Persian ...

I’ve always wondered what Esther was thinking on the first night she invited her husband, the King of Persia, and Haman, a high-ranking senior official in the King’s court, to dinner. That night she ...

Not games that came out in 2024, but games you played. I'm on a PS5, my favorite was Days Gone. Currently really enjoying the Mafia trilogy. Honorable mention to Cyberpunk 2077 and Stellaris.

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. A version of this article was first published on Hey Alma. (JTA) — By the time ...

One of the earliest mentions of Thrace appears in The Iliad with King Rhesos arriving to fight for Troy. His armor is “a wonder to behold,” his horses are a dazzling white, and the ...

10 guesses for what the 'i' in iPhone stands for and I bet you get them all wrong. We've all been there, lying awake at night trying to go to sleep but our minds are wandering, pondering the ...