Darius III, played by Mido Hamada in Netflix’s Alexander: The Making of a God, 2024. Source: Internet Movie Database. La Tente de Darius (The Tent of Darius), by Charles Le Brun, c. 17th century.

A rare 2,500-year-old inscription, bearing the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, was found in southern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said. The inscription, which was ...