The Achaemenid Empire rose from a small Persian kingdom to the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. Through ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

The coins appear to be Persian darics, a category of gold coins that was minted by the Persian Empire at the time. These coins feature the image of a kneeling archer and were largely used to pay ...

However, it also became a battleground during the Persian expansion under Cyrus the Great, marking the end of the Lydian Empire. Cahill and his team identified the remains as those of two young male ...

After King Xerxes' offer to join the Persian empire is rebuffed by Leonidas, the Persian king threatens to destroy Sparta. He grows increasingly angry as Leonidas and his soldiers fend off wave ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.