The Parthian Empire was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran. Arsaces I of Parthia, a leader of the Parni tribe, founded the country in the mid-3rd century BC when he conquered ...

Following Alexander the Great’s campaigns, Iran became a battleground for successor kingdoms and emerging eastern powers.

Although concentrating on the events of 40 B.C. through 20 B.C., Dr. Sampson, an independent scholar specializing in the final age of the Roman Republic, devotes about a quarter of his text to a ...

In 1936, while constructing a railway near Baghdad (once part of Iran’s mighty Parthian Empire), workers stumbled upon what appeared to be an ancient battery, now famously known as the Parthian ...

“It is the first time the coffins go on public show after they were unearthed during four seasons of excavation, the first three of which were conducted from 1986 to 1988. And the fourth season was ...

2010 34COM 7B.73 - Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan) (C 1242) 2009 33COM 7B.83 - Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan) (C 1242) 2008 32COM 7B.78 - Parthian Fortresses of Nisa ...

The Parthian Empire was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran. Arsaces I of Parthia, a leader of the Parni tribe, founded the country in the mid-3rd century BC when he conquered ...

2010 34COM 7B.73 - Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan) (C 1242) 2009 33COM 7B.83 - Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan) (C 1242) 2008 32COM 7B.78 - Parthian Fortresses of Nisa ...