TEHRAN - The recent World Heritage registration of the Hegmataneh has sparked a tourism boom, with visitor numbers to the ...

Median culture at the time had an aversion to large-scale building projects and even to living in cities. Apparently, Ecbatana was home only to the ... The Scythians were always portrayed by ancient ...

Hegmataneh, known in antiquity as Ecbatana ... of the time. Excavations in the area have unearthed a wealth of artefacts, including inscriptions, pottery, and remains of ancient buildings.

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time ...

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

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Vases found in Guatemala offer rare physical proof of tobacco use among ancient Maya, but with a twist: This time, they didn’t inhale.

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty ...

The ancient Greeks were well versed in the spectrum ... the comic playwright Aristophanes tells of a time when there were not just two genders of humans, but three. All people were round like ...

Vast, diverse parts of Brazil are burning at the same time, forcing officials to rethink how to protect crucial ecosystems like the Amazon. In his new book, the economist Thomas Piketty argues ...

The actress discusses how her relationship to her body and fame has changed after decades in the public eye. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro This unexpected combo will make the flavor and texture really ...

A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland heading into Week 4 of the season. Sophomore quarterback is a dynamic playmaker with plenty of weapons among his teammates. His ...