Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding ...

This green oasis was established under the orders of Shah Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty. Though much of the original ... Hasht Behesht and Chehel Sotoun remain as enduring symbols of ...

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“We know what that tower means,” Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier tells Empire, teasing a portent ... Can you use that as a symbol of things taking a darker turn?” It’s clear Val ...

A military genius who some historians would later refer to as the “Napoleon of Persia”, Nadir Shah took over power in Iran after deposing the reigning Safavid dynasty. He not only consolidated power ...

For the past 520 years—since the sinister Safavid dynasty came to power and made the Shia religion official in the country—Shia mullahs, like earthworms and old viruses, have remained within ...

Today, Tuesday, February 25, 2025, marks a momentous day. On this date, February 22, 1921, Reza Shah the Great saved Iran from complete downfall and oblivion. Incorrectly labeled as a coup, it was ...

A multidisciplinary and international research project has brought fresh insights into the origins and diversity of the populations that lived under and after the Hun empire between the late 4th ...

The Timurid rulers, known for their patronage of Persian culture, helped shape the artistic traditions later carried on by the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. One of the ... Vanity plates have ...

Saudi Arabia on Thursday unveiled a symbol for the Saudi riyal approved by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). The reveal of the ...