Over the years, war built nations and dictated the course of history, yet some conflicts dragged on for much longer than even ...

TEHRAN - The Sassanian Sarvestan Palace, one of Iran’s key historical sites from the Sassanid era, is undergoing restoration ...

The prelate urged the faithful to pray for peace in Lebanon, the Holy Land, Sudan, and Ukraine. Lebanon has seen an escalated ...

Once a thriving city during the Kushan Empire and a place of great religious significance for Buddhists, Simhapura suddenly ...

In the 8th century, a group of Zoroastrians, fleeing persecution in Persia (modern-day Iran), arrived at the coast of Gujarat ...

The Makara is a dragon-headed, fish-bodied mythical animal first introduced into China along with Buddhism. The latter was ...

These coins, according to him, belong to Arab-Sassanian and Arab-Byzantine periods, date from the 5th to the 7th centuries CE. This fact, according to the author, is further strengthened by the ...

"Iran," however, is rooted in the word "Aryan," meaning "Land of the Aryans," and has been used locally since the Sassanian era to denote the broader realm of the Persian empires. This name ...

Its strengths in the area of Near Eastern art are Sassanian metal-work, ceramics and cylinder seals. The library also has an exceptional collection of material on Indian miniature painting and ...

Archaeological excavations at the historic Battle of Manzikert battlefield (modern-day Malazgirt in Turkey), where the ...

Former Railways batsman Naresh Churi, a Shivaji Park resident, passed away at 60 due to ill-health. Churi, adopted by coach ...