After dozens of wars between the two ancient empires of Rome and Persia, peace deals often failed to solve problems – and sometimes made the situation worse.
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At every difficult moment in their long history, the Persian people have fought to preserve what is theirs. The Trump administration may have underestimated this.
An archaeologist examines the cultural obliteration Iran has incurred as a result of strikes in the US-Israel-Iran conflict. How can such damage be compensated and which global organisations can the country turn to?
The ancient Greeks and Romans invaded Persia multiple times. The risks were high, the logistics complicated, and wars were a lot easier to start than end.
Many Americans only know the history of anger and tension with Iran. But an archaeologist who has spent 45 years focusing on Iran says it is worth recalling the time when the countries were friends.
This year’s Nowruz, or Iranian new year, will be especially emotionally charged, with war raging in Iran.
For more than a century, Iran has occupied a powerful place in the western imagination, characterized as a volatile region that sits atop vast oil reserves.
Iranian police deliberately fire at the protestors’ eyes. A deeply rooted act of repression that is older than the Islamic Republic itself.
The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery come from? And why now?
One wonders what Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian empire, would think of the comparison.
These gardens also played a religious role, offering a glimpse of what eternity might look like in the afterlife.
Herodotus showed how human beliefs and choices affected the fate of nations. His insights are still relevant.
Despite the stereotypes, eunuchs clearly often played important roles in the ostensibly masculine world of strategic planning and combat.
Archaeologists think the rock-cut architecture at Teniky in Madagascar may have been made by a community with Zoroastrian origins.
People stay up all night, telling stories and eating dried fruits, in addition to watermelon and pomegranate, to celebrate the sunrise soon after the longest night of the year.
An 11th-century Persian philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, scientist and poet had a profound influence on both European thought and the Islamic world.
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Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Researcher, International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor in Geology, University of Bern
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Senior Lecturer, Archaeology, University of Antananarivo, Université d’Antananarivo
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Associate Professor in Ancient History, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Management Discipline, Faculty of Business, Arts and Law, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst
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Director, Executive Leadership Academy, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, New York University
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Archaeologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Programme J&S)., Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Université Paris Nanterre
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Adjunct Research Professor, Department of History, Carleton University
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Professeure émérite, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)