Persepolis, the ceremonial city of the Persian Empire, embodied Achaemenid power, divine order, and the vision of a united ...

Three scholars will give fresh perspectives on ancient Persia in a symposium next month at the University of Colorado Boulder. “King and Kingship in Ancient Persia” is the theme of the Seventh Annual ...

Archaeologists uncover a rare needle-carved rock image believed to show a Persian king, offering new insight into Sasanian culture.

A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute will give visitors a rare glimpse inside the ancient city of Persepolis. “Persepolis: Images of an Empire,” which opens Oct. 13, includes archival ...

Although it has remained for 2,500 years a collection of toppled columns, ornate but broken sculptures of majestic bulls, and eroded carvings of subjects bearing tributes, Persepolis in its ruins is a ...

In 539 BCE Cyrus the Great, an exceptional ruler, took peaceful possession of Babylon— a remarkable event that is recorded in both the Babylonian Chronicles and on the Cyrus Cylinder. Dr. Sabrina ...

The lavish Golestan Palace is a masterpiece of the Qajar era, embodying the successful integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture with Western influences. The walled Palace, one of the ...

This book is the first in ten years to present a comprehensive survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey), from 8000 BCE to the arrival of Islam ...