The various Greek authors who wrote about the Persians tended to depict them as decadent and weak-willed, ruled by a series of self-styled great kings ... and Persepolis. Alamy/Cordon Press ...

The originals burned in 83 B.C. Their replacements were allegedly destroyed by a 5th ... manuscripts may have burned when Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis in 330 B.C. Confucius’ Sixth ...

Can I not enjoy magic nights I haven’t seen since I was a kid? All of you Arsenal naysayers can get f**ked, I’m having a great time. I’m not even an Arsenal, but I can’t wait to see the ...

The Acropolis was razed, and the Old Temple of Athena and the Older Parthenon destroyed ... Darius III’s defeat, Alexander marched to the Persian capital city of Persepolis and, after looting its ...

Alexander III of Macedon, commonly referred to as Alexander the Great, became the king of Macedon at the young ... He then sent Darius’ body back to Persepolis for a proper royal burial. One of ...

In addition to destroying and damaging countless sculptures ... day was built decades later in 438 BC under the leadership of Pericles. Alexander the Great burned down palace of Persepolis in ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

More analysis is needed to support the finding but, if confirmed, the discovery could reveal the location of the place where ...

Nick Angeloff, an archaeologist at Cal Poly Humboldt, has called the developments at Gradishte a once-in-a-lifetime discovery ...

More analysis is needed to support the finding but, if confirmed, the discovery could reveal the location of the place where Alexander the Great's paternal grandmother was born. Lyncestis was a ...

Two titans of ancient conquest go head-to-head! Join us as we compare Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great across five ...