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In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

But how did Ramesses II die and what happened following the celebrated pharaoh's death? First, let's start with Ramesses II's ...

Israel increasingly appears eager to oust the clerical leadership that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution but ...

Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have uncovered significant sections of a large relief featuring depictions of ...

It wasn’t just that Cyrus restored the Jews to their land; he did the same thing with other peoples as well. He was an ...

Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society ...