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Discover the remarkable reign of King of kings Darius the Great, who built the Persian Empire and left an indelible mark on history. From his ambitious conquests to his innovative infrastructure projects, his legacy of greatness and inspiration lives on.
Researchers have partially deciphered the enigmatic “Kushan script” using inscriptions in the Bactrian language, shedding light on an ancient Middle Persian language used by the Kushan Empire in Central Asia and Northwest India. Organic matter decomposition has made the script somewhat obscure, but surviving cave wall carvings and ceramics provide clues. Further research aims to decode the remaining characters.
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Discover the rich history of Scythian kingdoms, including the Achaemenid dynasty and the Parthian Empire, all of Persian and Iranian origins.
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Learn about the will of “Darius the Great,” written in 486 BCE. Discover his instructions on succession, wealth, grain storage, and more.
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Discover the history and significance of Yalda night, one of the oldest Iranian festivals, celebrated on the longest night of the year.
Throughout the history of Iran, few people can be named who have the greatness, bravery and courage of Cyrus the Great or Cyrus the Second, who with good deeds, good words, and good thoughts have been able to bring about a great revolution in the history of Iran and become famous in the world. Cyrus
Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV. Selim was subsequently killed by a group of
Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع) also known as Mehmed the Hunter, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to become the second longest reigning sultan in Ottoman history after Suleiman the Magnificent. While the initial and final years of
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Osman I or Osman Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿOsmān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Perhaps it is the scarcity of information about the life of the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that makes it all the more intriguing. Historians
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP Archaeologists have unearthed a pre-Hispanic fresco depicting mythological scenes in northern Peru, which had been lost for a century. “It’s an exceptional discovery, first of all, because it is rare to unearth wall paintings of such quality in pre-Colombian archaeology,” said Sam Ghavami, the Swiss archaeologist who led excavations that
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