Water supply in Iran largely depends on rainfall, snowmelt, and underground aquifers, but decades of over-extraction have ...

The party took place in the desert of Persepolis, the tomb of the ancient king Cyrus the Great, where a city of tents was built to house all the guests. 40 trucks and 100 planes were also imported ...

The ancient Greek city-state of Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily started as a colony and became a Greek metropolis.

The pharmacy of Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, was located next to a mountain where medicinal herbs used to ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

Stay tuned for our next post, where we shift from the archives of Persepolis to the complexities of ancient economies. We’ll meet Dr. Jeremy Land, exploring informal taxation, smuggling, and how the ...