"The decoded inscriptions state someone made them in the name of the Persian King Darius I," the press release said. "The stele has an inscription in the ancient Persian language. The approximate ...

Darius I of Persia annexed the states of Sind and Punjab in northern India in 518 BCE. From then the people of the Indus valley ("Hindush" in Persian) paid tribute to the Persian king in textiles ...

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named after either the Old Persian word for gold or Darius I, who ruled from 521 to 486 BC, depicted the Persian king in a ...

It was founded by Darius I in 518 BC and is now ... Near the site is also the ancient Persian necropolis of Naqsh-e Rostam ...

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 ...

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A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, Persepolis features colossal sculptures and intricate stone reliefs of ancient Persian kings ... the conquests of King Darius I and has suffered ...

Text by MENNA ZAKI & AHMAD PARHIZIConservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an ...

and are known as Persian darics for the kneeling archer on the front of the coin that depicts Persian King Darius. Like most ancient coins from the sixth to fourth century BC, this currency does not ...

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(CNN) — The ongoing excavation of an ancient Greek city in western Turkey has uncovered artifacts and archaeological remains dating as far back as the fifth century BC — including a pot filled ...