Unlike ancient conquerors who took rape and pillage as their right in victory, Alexander tended to stick to the latter and eschew the former. In one memorable story, having defeated Darius (who fled) ...

it also preserved one of the ancient world’s most remarkable artifacts: a massive mosaic depicting Alexander the Great’s triumph over the Persian king Darius III at the epic Battle of Issus.

An ancient gravesite near Stonehenge revealed ... was not enough to get their kingly message across. Darius the Great, King of the Persians, came up with the first art political logo, with ...

It features massive sculptures and complex carvings of ancient Persian kings ... features a colossal engraving of the conquests of King Darius I. Due to lichen growth, it has degraded significantly.

Here, in the Battle of Issus, Alexander's army of 75,000 Greeks faced Darius' vastly superior force of approximately 600,000 Persian troops. These ancient written sourced troop numbers are likely ...

The Governor of Shush has emphasized the importance of promoting the city’s rich cultural heritage and announced plans to ...

Unlike ancient conquerors who took rape and ... Alexander captured the Persian royals, including Darius’ wife and mother. Instead of enslaving them, as might have been expected, he treated ...