"He founded what we call the Achaemenid Empire, which is really the empire during which time we have the story of Purim.

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest 3D map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the ...

In a new find under five historic homes in the Iranian city of Abarkuh, archaeologists discovered an underground settlement ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 21 °F (-6.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 46 °F (7.8 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 11 mph (8 to 17.7 kph). Sunny today with a high of 46 °F ...

Persepolis, Old Persian Parsa, or modern Takht-e Jamshid is an ancient capital of the kings of the Achaemenian dynasty of Iran (Persia), located about 50 km northeast of Shiraz in the Fars region of ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 - The United States imposed sanctions on more than 30 people and vessels for their role in selling and transporting Iranian petroleum-related products as part of Tehran's ...

JERUSALEM — After President Donald Trump announced he was reimposing his maximum economic sanctions pressure campaign on the Islamic Republic of Iran, a high-level Iranian general declared ...

Sunny with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C). Winds from SW to NE. Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 49 °F (9.4 °C). Mostly sunny today with a high of 80 °F (26.7 °C) and a lo ...

More interesting though, is the skeleton at the back of the main chamber, which you can loot to get the Ancient Arrowhead treasure map. Be careful though because the cave is home to a beetle’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have accused a British couple detained in the country since ...