TEHRAN - Nagarechi Hill situated in Nahavand country of Hamedan province is emerging as a pivotal archaeological site that ...

BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of ...

However, in 167 BCE, the army of the Seleucid empire of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes conquered the kingdom of Judah and took over the Temple, turning it into a place of worship for the Greek god ...

The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world through Hellenization.

When the JTA visited the city last year, 14 Jews remained in a community that has stood for centuries, stretching back to the days of the Seleucid Empire. The city’s namesake, Antiochus ...

This kingdom started in 167 B.C., when Jewish inhabitants of the area rose up against the Seleucid Empire and succeeded in taking over parts of it. During the first century B.C., the Roman ...

The Festival of Lights commemorates the victory of a group of Jewish warriors led by Judah Maccabee over the Greek Seleucid Empire. King Antiochus IV Epiphanes imposed harsh measures to enforce ...

At the time, Parthia was a satrapy (province) under Andragoras, a rebel against the Seleucid Empire. Under Mithridates I (r. c. 171–132 BC), the empire significantly expanded, seizing Media and ...