The first RuneScape update for the Necromancy season is here. Ancient Awakening adds a new mission and storyline, new player versus monster mode, and expands Fort Forthinry.

This ancient festival is a celebration of springtime—and a brand new year Nowruz, also known as Persian New Year, has been observed for more than 3,000 years as the victory of spring over darkness.

Nowruz, even though it started in ancient Persia, belongs to all of humanity due to its simple yet profound messages of life, love, light and liberty for mankind.

Over 120 intact oil lamps, some mixed with ancient weapons and pottery, or placed with human skulls, mark a fascinating discovery by researchers in Israel - Click the link for more details.

Ancient Persia is expanding its influence once more – this time, at the Getty Villa. The art museum is featuring the exhibition “Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World” until Aug. 8.

Ancient Greece and Rome likely come to mind. But a new exhibition at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles aims to put another superpower back in the picture: ancient Persia, in what is now Iran.

An inscription bearing the name of a Persian king is "not authentic," the Israel Antiquities Authority said. In a demonstration, an expert in ancient inscriptions had etched the words into the ...

A pair of archaeologists, one with the Israel Antiquities Authority, the other from Bar-Ilan University, has found evidence of Roman-era necromancy practices in a cave in Israel. In their study ...