After dinner, the attendees were treated to a fireworks and light show, and a historical pageant in the ruins of Persepolis ... Schiff writes in Cleopatra: A Life: Cleopatra’s preparations ...

By bnm Tehran bureau This year's Persian New Year, called Nowruz, has arrived in Tehran with its familiar scent of hyacinths and the sparkle of goldfish darting in crystal bowls, yet something feels ...

Sometimes, we read meaning into words, gestures, and events that isn't there. We could call this tendency "everyday paranoia.

but childhood adversity may still be having a subtle effect on their daily life. “Understanding that childhood adversity could be affecting how you experience good and bad events could help ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is, for the second time, Randle Chowning, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. He was born in Howell County, Missouri and spent the first 10 years of ...

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.

In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?

This post was updated April 1 at 8:41 p.m. Greg Goyo Vargas has an eye for capturing moments of everyday life in his city. UCLA alumnus Vargas has been photographing Los Angeles since the ‘80s.

550 – 330 BC). According to Shahram Rahbar, head of the Conservation and Restoration Department at Persepolis, the restoration workshops, which had been semi-active due to the high volume of Nowruz ...

In recent years, photographers have captured everyday life in North Korea. The images give a rare glimpse into the completely isolated nation. Many are bleak, while others seem like they could ...