Long before Persia became a world power, Iran was shaped by the Elamites and other early civilizations. This episode follows ...

The Jews were only 10-15% of Palestine during the Sasanian (Iranian) conquest of 224-651 A.D. The Muslim Conquest happened in 638 A.D. In 1517, The Turkish Ottoman Empire conquered the region. The ...

Across the surface of this Ibim mural, six faces emerge, each a chapter in a single, painful book. There is ...

In an ancient Greek city on Turkey’s Aegean coast, archaeologists have uncovered a small clay pot filled with Persian gold coins buried about 2,400 years ago. The hidden stash looks like royal pay for ...