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According to Greek mythology, Perseus was the ancestor of the Persians through descendants who went by the names Perses and ...
Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern-day Turkey, the Middle East, and as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.
From Ancient Rome to Persia, eunuchs often led armies and were powerbrokers of the ancient world ... the man on the Persian throne just before Darius the Great took power in 522 BCE ...
When Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under a torrent of ash in A.D. 79, it also preserved one of the ancient world’s most ...
The excavation of an ancient Greek city in Turkey uncovered a stash of gold coins from about 2,500 years ago. The find offers a glimpse into a conflict-ridden time.