Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls ...

Just outside the city of Masvingo in southern Zimbabwe lie the majestic ruins of Great Zimbabwe—an ancient city whose stone walls once ... Meanwhile, the Great Enclosure—a massive dry-stone structure, ...

The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of antiquity. Credit: Georges Rochegrosse, / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons ...

However, a new discovery suggests that the Earth’s core is surrounded by an unexpected ancient structure. A high-resolution map of the underlying geology beneath Earth’s Southern Hemisphere ...

To Azadeh, smoothing out the bump in what Iranians would call the "Persian nose" she was born ... I earned myself a modelling job with better social standing but I'm also earning three times ...

suggest that sound and ceremony played a powerful role in connecting distant communities across the Persian Gulf during the third millennium BCE. The cymbals were Unearthed in 2018 at the Dahwa site, ...

Ancient Persian Technological Inventions | Iran Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: April 8, 2025 The ancient Persians were an amazing civilization, and incredible inventors. Here are their 3 ...

Rose water’s journey through history traces back thousands of years, with roots in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran). Created through the steam distillation of rose petals – primarily Rosa ...

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, archaeologist Alex Bentley explains how the pandemic has sparked new research into how disease may have affected ancient civilisations ...