The Latest Breaking News from Persia

I have little experience with the Prince of Persia franchise, so I was interested in checking out the latest from Ubisoft. After a preview session, I'm excited.

We had a three-hour hands-on with a preview build of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and we liked what we saw.

The ancient civilisations of Greece and Persia were enemies for centuries – and their disagreements didn’t only find expression on the battlefield, said Daisy Dunn in The Daily Telegraph. As this “major new exhibition” demonstrates, they had starkly contrasting attitudes towards luxury goods. From the Persian perspective, “lovely things” such…

Centuries of conflict between the civilisations of Persia and Greece are chiefly captured through elaborate drinking vessels in this lively – and occasionally puzzling – show

This gorgeous exhibition shows that even if the Greeks thought the Persians were effete decadents, they shared a taste for the finer things in life

A new ancient DNA study help confirm, but also "contradict and complicate" the historical narrative that Swahilis paired up with Persians 1,000 years ago in East Africa.

Some 300 million people celebrate Nowruz, which has been observed for more than 3,000 years in different regions.

Nowruz, also known as Persian New Year, has been observed for more than 3,000 years.

Syrian authorities found a mass grave in the historic town of Palmyra with bodies of victims of the militant ISIS group, which controlled the area years ago, Syria's state news agency said Friday. According to the report on SANA, the mass grave was discovered near the second-century Roman amphitheater. The…