First Persian News Today

In the crucible of ancient conflicts, Cyrus the Great forged the vast Achaemenid Empire, setting the stage for the epic Greco-Persian Wars that shaped the fate of the ancient world. Greece’s retribution would occur in 334 BC by the world-renowned Alexander the Great, who ultimately conquered the entirety of the Achaemenid Empire, ending the First Persian Empire.

Skinning, slicing and roasting just a few of the blood-thirsty ways you could be executed in the ancient world

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Rotten boroughs were parliamentary constituencies that had very few voters yet still had the right to elect two MPs to the Commons.

Queen Atossa was a force to reckon with in the Achaemenid Empire. As strategic leader, and mother to a future emperor, her impact echoes through time.

Seyyed Javad Alavi Boroujerdi, a 72-year-old cleric, has expressed support for minority rights and Mahsa Amini protests

The Grotto Tea Room was located at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue and sold ice cream for 25 cents a pint

The Grotto Tea Room was located at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue and sold ice cream for 25 cents a pint

War is not football, and football is not war, but having done both, they sometimes look like one another.  

Israel holds Purim festivities as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease Less than a minute Israel celebrated Purim on Friday as tight coronavirus restrictions began to be eased in the country in part thanks to one of the world’s most advanced vaccine rollouts. The annual holiday marks the biblical tale of how Jews were saved from an extermination plot during the First Persian Empire. A Visual Story by Epa’s Abir Sultan

By Patti Dozier patti.dozier@gaflnews.com Dec 11, 2020 Balfour THOMASVILLE — Because of a fascination with how things got started, the subject of R.C. Balfour IIIs 10th book was born. About 18 months ago, Thomasville resident Balfour began writing "The Major Events of Human History" with his son, David M. Balfour, also a Thomasville resident. "He did the research. I did the composing," the elder Balfour said. "I just started about the beginning of time," Balfour said, pointin...