Founded around 518 BCE by Darius I, Persepolis (known locally as “Takht-e Jamshid”) served as the spectacular ceremonial heart of the Achaemenid Empire. The name itself means “City of Persians,” ...

Korean Heritage Service The Donggung palace complex in present-day South Korea was once an elaborate lakeside retreat with at least 26 buildings used for hosting festivals and banquets.

Meghan Markle was accused of having a “messiah complex” by former palace aides before her shocking royal exit with husband Prince Harry, according to a prominent royal author. Author Tom Quinn ...

In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

After two days of intense battles in and around the palace complex, victory over the symbolic site has been declared by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and soldiers sharing videos and photos from ...

Footage posted on social media showed armed troops cheering inside the palace complex. The RSF seized the palace complex, and large swathes of the capital in April 2023, when its war with Sudan's ...

Meghan Markle’s life in Kensington Palace seemed doomed from the start. The Duchess of Sussex was accused of having a "messiah complex" by former palace aides, who nicknamed her "Duchess of ...

In Nepal's iconic world heritage site Kathmandu Valley, the Nine-Storeyed Basantapur Palace complex that once lay in ruins after a devastating earthquake, now stands revitalized and has ...

RSF said a drone strike it launched on the palace complex left numerous dead - including a team of journalists from Sudan's state TV station and two of the army's senior media liaison officers.

Through a megaphone in the complex, soldiers announced "The republican palace has now returned to the arms of the homeland" in footage posted on local Sudanese media. "Today the flag is raised ...

10 short-haul destinations from the UAE that are a tad different from the usual ones ...