Every spring, as the earth tilts toward balance, millions celebrate Nowruz—the Persian New Year—a 3,000-year-old festival rooted in Zoroastrianism that’s as vibrant as the season it ushers in. Known ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

Arts are embedded and integral in every culture, in our spiritual practices and in our community traditions. When we talk ...

The recent discoveries on Failaka Island, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, confirm the presence of the Macedonians there, ...

The Megillah is called Esther, which means hidden. This is because the Divine Hand was cloaked under the guise of palace intrigue, and within the lust and caprice of the royal court.

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

Firefighters battled a large fire at a home along Temple Heights Rd. in Temple Terrace on Sunday night. It took crews about two hours to put out the fire, according to the fire department ...