Researchers using wartime aerial photos and Cold War satellite imagery have identified a vast, once-lost Persian garden complex in Iran.

Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Leicester and Durham studied historical aerial photographs and discovered a ...

Crossing the border into Uzbekistan, we arrived in the heart of the Central Asian Silk Road. Our first stop was Khiva, a ...

Before Persia ruled half the known world, Iran was shaped by forgotten civilizations. This episode traces the region’s path ...

Crowds packed central Tehran on Friday for the unveiling of a statue celebrating an ancient Persian victory over foreign enemies -- a show of defiance toward Iran's modern-day foes in the wake of its ...

Ancient Mesopotamia and Iran are usually treated separately or as part of a much broader "Ancient Near East." However, the developments that lie at the root of our own world--farming, cities, writing, ...

Persian ice houses known as yakhchals were already widespread by around 400 BCE. Built using thick insulating walls and ...

History: Prehistoric Irân -- The State of Elam: 3000-645 BC -- The coming of the Aryans -- The Achaemenian Empire: 550-330 BC -- Alexander the Great & the Seleucids -- The Parthians: 250 BC-AD 224 -- ...

Xenophon's Anabasis follows the journey of 10,000 Greek mercenaries trapped in Persia behind enemy lines. Their escape became legendary.